Amidst the decline of Catholicism in France, the reconstruction of the Abbey of St. Wandrille emerges as a powerful sign of ...

The monks at Westminster Abbey wore the black habit of the Order of St Benedict, who had originally established the Benedictine rules for the monks of his own abbey at Monte Cassino in Italy about ...

In the chapel of St Benedict in Westminster Abbey is a stone tablet set beneath the carved head ... The stone is Gris d'Alesia and the inscription reads: In memory of the monks of Westminster ...

After more than 70 years, the monks of St. Benedict’s Monastery are saying goodbye to their land near Aspen and are looking for a buyer willing to pay $150 million for the pristine mountain ...

The Downside Abbey monks will soon be on the move again, and this time they are hoping it will be to a permanent home. The Benedictine community of St Gregory the Great has voted to leave their ...

Criterion (iv): The Abbey of St Gall may be considered as a typical example of a large Benedictine monastery, centre of art and knowledge, with its rich library and scriptorium. The successive ...