According to Bishop Bozo, the new foundation promises to be a real blessing for a very de-Christianized rural region, completely devoid of male contemplative communities since the Revolution. Solignac ...

AMATRICE, Italy — As Benedictine monks in Norcia, Italy, rebuild their monastery from the rubble caused by devastating earthquakes last year, they do so in the spirit of their founder, St. Benedict.

For 75 years, the Benedictine monks of St. Mary's Abbey have lived a contemplative life in a historic valley two miles outside downtown Morristown. The monks founded Delbarton School on the property ...

The Basilica of St. Benedict in the ancient city of Norcia after an earthquake in central Italy. (Credit: CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters.) Listen AMATRICE, Italy — As Benedictine monks in Norcia, ...

An English Benedictine community's decision to leave their home for the past two centuries will allow members to focus on core monastic principles, the abbot said Tuesday. Abbot Nicholas Wetz told CNA ...

Archbishop Renato Boccardo of Spoleto-Norcia dedicated the newly repaired basilica, which marks the birthplace of St.

In this age of fake news, information overload and social media stress, we easily lose our sensible selves. We stress out and do, feel, say and think exponentially strange things (see this post for ...

The Oklahoma State Fair is known for unique culinary creations, but this year, an unexpected first-time vendor caught the attention of fair-goers: a food truck run by Benedictine Monks from ...

Of all the old-world traditions of brewing, one in particular strikes certain Americans as odd: that of devout, God-fearing monks firing up the brew kettle and making beer. This says more about the ...

A Benedictine monk from Kenosha County is accused of trying to kidnap a 14-year-old girl in Illinois.Police in Antioch, Ill., said Thomas Chmura, 57, has been charged with attempted child abduction ...

A group of monks have decided to cut ties with a Catholic high school in Illinois after the school hired a lacrosse coach in a same-sex marriage. The school, Benet Academy in Lisle, Ill., had ...

A group of Benedictine monks are cutting ties with a west suburban Catholic high school months after the school, under mounting pressure, hired a woman in a same-sex marriage. Benet Chancellor Abbot ...