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 ...

An English Benedictine community's decision to leave their home for the past two centuries will allow members to focus on core monastic principles, the abbot said Tuesday. Abbot Nicholas Wetz told CNA ...

A siren screamed down 31st Street as six men faced one another in a dim church and began to chant. They chanted standing up. They chanted bent over. Above a thumping bass from a passing car, they ...

The six weeks of Lent have accommodated nicely the six aspects of Benedictine spirituality. There are three vows and three tools to put Benedict’s wisdom into practice. The three vows are for the monk ...

This Catholic Benedictine monk says grateful living is a spiritual practice. For decades Brother David has lived part of his life as a hermit, in prayer and contemplation and writing books. The other ...

RICHARDTON, N.D. -- Brother Michael Taffe, of the Assumption Abbey, is a monk on multiple missions. His primary mission incorporates his lifelong practice of religious asceticism through monastic ...

In a file photo, Carolyn Meub stands at Weston Priory in early August in Vermont with Benedictine brothers Richard Iaquinto, Placid Gaunay and Michael Hoveling. (Credit: Cori Fugere Urban/Vermont ...