A Benedictine abbot who helped to revive traditional monasticism and Gregorian chant in France was buried Wednesday in the 11th-century Abbey of Fontgombault, the monastery he led for more than 30 ...

It really feels like Christmas in Einsiedeln, Switzerland, where the town’s traditional Christmas Market takes place near a 9th-century Benedictine monastery. As I headed south past Lake Zurich’s ...

The ways that "wise elders" can serve as "good hosts on a spiritual journey" will be explored when about 150 sisters and monks from around the country meet this weekend in Bismarck. This is the first ...

Benedictine Abbot Placid Solari is biased. But you’ll have to forgive a man who has worked and served at Belmont Abbey College for nearly 50 years. “We are a jewel here in Gaston County with a strong ...

Majestic musical tones swelling from a pipe organ, especially during the holidays, can evoke reverence, memories of past celebrations or a sense of community and connection to time-honored traditions.

In the quiet town of Fécamp, France, some 25 miles northeast of Le Havre, the Benedictine monks for centuries had a monastery. In 1510 one of the monks, Dom Bernardo Vincelli, discovered that a ...

In the central Italian countryside, at the edge of the Umbrian woods just outside Norcia, a group of Benedictine monks prays and works from well before the sun rises until it sets. This much has not ...