The Benedictine monks of Norcia, Italy spend their days in quiet prayer and chanting the divine office. But recently the order has taken up... For Benedictine Monks, The Joy Of Making Albums And Beer ...

This past spring, four members of the American military forces stationed in Germany awakened before dawn and began a 10-hour journey that would take them to a remote rural location. Upon their arrival ...

HEILIGENKREUZ, Austria — Working to reach No. 1 on the charts? Try praying. That's how the monks of Heiligenkreuz Abbey found fame. Their compilation of Gregorian chants, a form of sung prayer, has ...

Tasmania’s first Benedictine monastery is gradually taking shape on over 3,000 acres of green pastureland, felicitously named Jerusalem Estate and abutting an eponymous creek in the island’s idyllic ...

If you drive about an hour and a half north of Santa Fe, N.M., into a place called the Chama Canyon, you might hear the clanging of church bells in the distance. The Monastery of Christ in the Desert ...

CHICAGO -- 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 ...

The Basilica of St. Benedict in the ancient city of Norcia after an earthquake in central Italy. (Credit: CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters.) Listen AMATRICE, Italy — As Benedictine monks in Norcia, ...

People walk into the St. Benedict’s Monastery in Snowmass for the monastery’s last public liturgy on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. The monastery was sold to Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir, for $120 million.