Some of the historic trees around Tucson’s Benedictine Monastery will live on despite plans to flip the iconic site into a luxury apartment complex. A private foundation has stepped up to help with ...

ST. MARYS, Pa. (AP) – The nation’s first Benedictine convent, which opened more than a century ago, is closing after its 17 remaining members unanimously agreed it was time to dissolve the ...

Pope Leo XIV visited the Aventine Hill in Rome to celebrate a Mass for the 125th anniversary of the dedication of ...

In past millennia, construction of a church could take centuries. Paris' Cathedral of Notre Dame — currently in the final stages of being rebuilt after the tragic fire that nearly destroyed it in 2019 ...

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 ...

For about 75 years, the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have called the monastery at 800 N. Country Club Road home. But no more. This past weekend, the sisters announced to volunteers, ...

PERUGIA, Italy — The head of a cloistered Benedictine convent in Perugia, central Italy, has said that her community will be closed because the nuns opposed the COVID-19 vaccine. Speculation about the ...

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 ...

Vietnamese Catholics fondly remembered a recently departed Benedictine abbot for rebuilding church facilities after wars and establishing new communities abroad. Abbot Stephanus Huynh Quang Sanh died ...

An exiled former head of a Benedictine monastery in central Vietnam, has died in Europe after a long battle with cancer that doctors suspect could have been caused by poisoning. Father Anthony of ...

Two Chicago-area congregations are looking to offload their campuses as their populations dwindle. The Cenacle Sisters are hoping to demolish and sell their retreat and conference center at 513 W.