Articles on this issue "Benedictines"
By William A. Thomas They say that when you’re in Kylemore you are only two feet from heaven, and given the beauty one finds all around there, it could well be true. Kylemore Abbey, home to …
read moreThe monks who serve as an ongoing memorial of Jesus' miraculous multiplication of the loaves and fish are moving into safer quarters. With the support of the international charity Aid to the …
read moreToday in Rome, a symposium on "Hope in Benedictine Spirituality," which drew together nuns from around the Europe, Africa and America, was completed. ZENIT interviewed Mexican Sister …
read moreThe state of Louisiana thinks the monks of Saint Joseph Abbey may be breaking the law. Our supposed crime? Selling handmade wooden caskets. So we have taken the state of Louisiana to federal …
read moreTo commemorate the memorial of St. Benedict of Nursia on Saturday, we present this interview by Basilian Father Thomas Rosica, the chief executive officer of Salt and Light Catholic Television …
read moreThe Benedictine spirituality is an asset to the quest for Christian unity, since St. Benedict lived before any great divisions in the Church, says the abbot of the community at St. Paul …
read moreAs I crossed the normally tranquil Piazza Piscinula in Trastevere last Tuesday, a flurry of activity drew my attention to the St. Benedict Chapel, which sits on the edge of the piazza and can …
read moreThe Benedictines of Maria Laach, in the Rhineland, Germany, will celebrate their abbey's 850-year anniversary. Bishop Reinhard Marx of Trier will preside at the Eucharistic celebration, with …
read moreA Vatican official conveyed the Pope's greetings to the Benedictine monks of Monte Cassino as they celebrated a day for their founder, St. Benedict, the Holy Father's namesake. Cardinal Paul …
read moreBenedict XVI has granted a Jubilee Year to the Benedictine Shrine of Montserrat in Catalonia, Spain. ZENIT interviewed Abbot Josep María Soler of the monastery to understand the scope of this …
read moreCatholics are so used to the marvels of the Mass that they might easily fail to be astonished. So says Benedictine Father Juan Javier Flores, president of the Pontifical Liturgical Institute …
read moreThe Salesianum center of Rome is holding the first World Congress of Secular Oblates, an initiative of the abbot primate of the Benedictines, Notker Wolf. The congress, which runs until …
read moreBenedict XVI welcomed the Benedictine Torch of Peace in St. Peter's Square and expressed hope that the pilgrimage of this flame will remind Europe of its Christian values. In its 30th annual …
read moreA spiritual haven of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Benedict XVI, was a cloistered convent of Benedictine nuns in this town in the central Italian region of Tuscany. Cardinal Ratzinger "came …
read moreA network of prayer is under way in all Benedictine monasteries worldwide for prisoners condemned to death. Uniting themselves to the campaign "Cities for Life -- Cities Against the Death …
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