Monks are individuals devoted to religious servitude, and they are not specific to any one religion. Here are the abbeys and ...

Bitter cold and a biting wind did not discourage thousands from flocking to Decatur on Tuesday evening to get a glimpse of ...

Those people probably haven't tried the fruitcakes from Assumption Abbey. It's a community of Catholic priests and monks near the small town of Ava, Missouri, about a three-hour drive, almost dead ...

For the monks who lived in the secluded ‘Vale of Nightshade’, the festive period began with Advent, a time of quiet anticipation marked by fasting, prayer and long hours in the abbey church. This set ...

That means their products are made in the vicinity of a Trappist abbey, under the supervision of monks or nuns, and profits are used for charity or the needs of the monastic community. Of the 11, five ...

RICHARDTON — Bertrand Vogelweide was driving home to Fargo after a trip to Medora when he noticed the twin spires of the Assumption Abbey reaching toward the sky over the western North Dakota town of ...

Deep in Spanish wine country, is a little piece of paradise – a gorgeous, luxury spa hotel and vineyard with 30 rooms and suites in a 12th-century monastery. ByJoanne Shurvell, Contributor. Forbes ...

The Benedictine community at Keizersberg Abbey in Leuven, Belgium, has been temporarily dissolved following allegations of abusive behavior among adults, according to an official declaration released ...

New research suggests Bayeux Tapestry may have been designed for a monastery dining hall. A professor argues it could have hung in refectory of St Augustine's Abbey. The idea helps explain long-standi ...

The Abbey of Saint Sixtus has dealt with a lot in its almost 200-year history. But more recently, the Catholic monastery in West Flanders - best known for its premium ...