Combining ora et labora, prayer and work ... The Basilica di San Benedetto and the adjoining monastery, which Benedictine monks had inhabited continuously for 16 years, was seriously damaged ...

Weeks after being admitted to the hospital for double pneumonia, Pope Francis has surprises followers. The pontiff sent out a ...

From The Benedictine Rule Chapter ... Judaeo-Christian tradition is one that the monk and writer Thomas Merton describes in his own reflections on praying the psalms. “The Church loves to ...

Behind the walls of three religious orders to meet Benedictine nuns and monks who devote themselves not just to prayer and work, but to keeping ancient crafting traditions alive.

For baby boomers who grew up attending Catholic school – or weekly classes on Sundays – in the 1960s and 1970s, the season of ...

Pope Francis spent a restful night at the hospital in Rome, one day after suffering a sudden respiratory episode and was ...

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 ...

Cassian Folsom is the founder and prior of the Monks of Norcia, an order of Benedictine monks in the ... and as an example of prayer, Mary is fundamental for the life of Christians.

The Vatican said Friday that Pope Francis is on a breathing machine after suffering a sudden respiratory episode during his ...

Le Grand named the liqueur after the monks. He also stocked the palace with his art collection. Today, visitors can explore the museum on a guided tour, which features collections of sacred and ...

Since our founding by Benedictine monks, hospitality has always been at the heart of the Abbey. We have held royal weddings, state occasions, and every coronation since 1066. Now you can hire an ...

Benedict's Way of Love by Lonni Collins Pratt with Fr Daniel Homan OSB. Publisher: Paraclete PressDuring the Week of Prayer ...