After his June 21 ordination as a priest for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, Father Marco Cerritelli will ...

In the 19th and 20th centuries, San Servolo and San Clemente housed patients suffering from pellagrous insanity, a condition ...

As Brideshead Revisited turns 80, how Evelyn Waugh took inspiration from a tragic aristocrat in creating his own ...

When someone accepts election as pontiff, there undergoes a change in that individual, not only in life purpose in leading ...

Casamari Abbey in Italy is a gem of Cistercian-Gothic art, whose stones have been imbued with the prayers of monks over the centuries. Here, the monks have dedicated their lives to the vows of ...

As water flows continuously from the mountains, Guarcino is home to Acqua Filette, whose water has been bottled and ...

Monks' "gesture of gratitude" preserves Jerome farmland for generations to come. As the Monastery of the Ascension changes hands, the monks ensure its 400 acres of farm will stay farmland forever ...

The Benedictine Society of Virginia, facing a dwindling monk population and a history of financial trouble, has been directed by its umbrella organization to pursue adoption or sponsorship by ...