While for many students at the University of St. Thomas (UST) in St. Paul, Minnesota, a recent warm September Saturday meant a break from classes, college seminarian Sean Czaplewski and 35 other ...

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 ...

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

In Washington last week, Archbishop Patrick A. O’Boyle of Washington solemnly carried out one of the rarer ceremonies of the Roman Catholic Church: the formal blessing of a new abbot. He gave his ...

Since Rod Dreher's The Benedict Option was published in 2017, St. Benedict's name has surfaced in discussions on faith and secularism. In honor of this feast of St. Benedict, I wanted to look more ...

The Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican Gardens is seen in this file photo from February 2013 when it was undergoing remodeling to serve as the residence of retired Pope Benedict XVI. (CNS ...

A popular nun who taught math at John Carroll High School in Birmingham and led the Benedictine retreat center in Cullman for decades has died. Sister Eleanor Harrison, who was born in Birmingham on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Benedictine Sisters of Erie have a temporary leader with a different title than usual for the monastic community. Erie ...

The Sisters of the Order of St. Benedict are building a new, smaller monastery in St. Joseph, Minnesota. Membership has ...

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 ...

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