A New Mexico monastery where the silence calls

The Monastery of Christ in the Desert, in Northern New Mexico, is home to 15 Benedictine monks, some livestock, and a ...
Houston Chronicle

Monks become unlikely pop stars

It isn't every day that Catholic monks find themselves on the pop charts. Yet that's what happened to the monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz, a 12th-century Cistercian monastery near Vienna, whose CD of ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN

Hear the long-lost chants of English monks whose monasteries were dissolved by Henry VIII

In the 16th century, England’s Henry VIII broke with the pope, established the Church of England and named himself ...
Time

Religion: The Singing of Solesmes

The Disciples followed the Last Supper with a hymn, and the early martyrs went singing into the arena to meet the lions; voices raised in praise and gladness have always been part of the Christian ...
America Magazine

Pope Francis: Nuns and monks are the ‘beating heart’ of the church’s mission

Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly Wednesday audience, delivered on April 26, 2023. To receive these remarks and more in your inbox every week, sign up for America’s daily newsletter. Dear ...
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Learning about God from dogs, Orthodox monks breed and train canines in upstate New York monastery

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CAMBRIDGE, New York (AP) — After he and his ...