Ireland has its first new Benedictine monastery for women since medieval times

The community traces its origins to the English Benedictine convent founded in Ypres, Belgium, in 1665 (reassigned as an ...
National Catholic Register

Benedictine Abbey in Belgium Temporarily Dissolved Following Abuse Allegations

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 ...

France’s new Prime Minister keeps head-butting his colleagues

As France welcomes its new Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, a loyal ally of President Emmanuel Macron, the nation is ...
News Tribune

Jefferson City native to serve in worldwide Benedictine post in Rome

Still bound by vows and his heart's longing to the hills of northeastern Oklahoma, Benedictine Father Patrick Carter will spend the next several years working and ministering about the hills of the ...
al.com

Monks from Birmingham and Cuba ordained as priests at St. Bernard Abbey

A Benedictine monk who grew up in Birmingham as Gabriel Pautler and another who grew up in Cuba as Gustavo Alvarado-Garcia were ordained on June 10 at St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman. Pautler, who will ...