ST. MARYS, Pa. (AP) – The nation’s first Benedictine convent, which opened more than a century ago, is closing after its 17 remaining members unanimously agreed it was time to dissolve the ...

The merger of Mount St. Scholastica College and St. Benedict’s College in 1971 created what is now Benedictine College. The ...

The Benedictine sisters in Atchison, Kansas announced they will discontinue active sponsorship of and governing responsibil ...

In northeast Scotland, six miles southwest of Elgin in Moray, stands Pluscarden Abbey, the northernmost Benedictine abbey in the world. Within its medieval walls, a community of some 15 Catholic monks ...

In past millennia, construction of a church could take centuries. Paris' Cathedral of Notre Dame — currently in the final stages of being rebuilt after the tragic fire that nearly destroyed it in 2019 ...

(This story was updated to accurately reflect the most current information.) The Benedictine Sisters of Erie are fighting back after a man who encourages Republican voters used social media to accuse ...

A popular nun who taught math at John Carroll High School in Birmingham and led the Benedictine retreat center in Cullman for decades has died. Sister Eleanor Harrison, who was born in Birmingham on ...

Tucson’s iconic Benedictine Monastery opened its doors to Central American asylum seekers ahead of schedule due to larger numbers of families arriving at the border and being released by immigration ...

Brother Alban Petesch has spent over three decades making bread for the members of Assumption Abbey in Richardton, N.D., as well as for visitors who stop by the Benedictine monastery. Brother Alban ...