As its community ages, New Melleray Abbey in Dubuque County has decided that it will no longer accept new members, which ...

In northeast Scotland, six miles southwest of Elgin in Moray, stands Pluscarden Abbey, the northernmost Benedictine abbey in the world. Within its medieval walls, a community of some 15 Catholic monks ...

At Mepkin Abbey, a driveway lined with live oaks invites visitors into a sanctuary of silence where Catholic monks have ...

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In the 134 years since religious pioneers from Indiana established a monastic community in south Louisiana, there had been only five abbots elected to head what is now the secluded St. Joseph Abbey ...

Discover the story of Westminster Abbey’s Benedictine monastery, from the arrival of the first twelve monks in 960 AD to its dramatic dissolution under Henry VIII in 1540. On this 90-minute journey ...

CONCEPTION, Mo. -- Two monks fatally shot at a Roman Catholic abbey were remembered as "icons of honesty and simplicity" who were taken in a brutal and senseless way. More than 1,000 people filled the ...

Casamari Abbey in Italy is a gem of Cistercian-Gothic art, whose stones have been imbued with the prayers of monks over the centuries. Here, the monks have dedicated their lives to the vows of ...

Monks have been brewing beer since the 1400s. Subiaco's monks carry on the tradition today as a way to interact with their tiny community, which resides just outside of Paris. Subiaco Abbey's ...