Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has been referred to as the “Monk of Bavaria.” Yes, he was from Bavaria — a southern German state — and a proud Bavarian. Benedict XVI’s love for monasticism and monastics ...

The project was a test of whether Portsmouth Abbey and its school were willing to act on environmental values. "This is kind ...

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 ...

Temptations in a fallen city, memories of a beautiful woman, a poisoned chalice, the attacks of an envious priest, curses ...

Photo credit to Michael Scanlan H '97. Photos were taken observing prevailing Covid-19 protocols. Friday convocations at St. Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark, N.J., often resemble an old-school ...

A Benedictine monk who grew up in Birmingham as Gabriel Pautler and another who grew up in Cuba as Gustavo Alvarado-Garcia were ordained on June 10 at St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman. Pautler, who will ...

LATROBE, Pa. — Hundreds of Benedictine monks are buried at the St. Vincent Cemetery next to the college campus. Until a few years ago, many of their graves sat in disarray. “The cast iron crosses very ...

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Benedictine monks in Germany have made public their historic photo archives that depict the life, culture, and evolution of Korea over the span of a century. Archabbot Jeremias Schröder of the Saint ...