Ron Schulz had his first encounter with bliss when he was in second grade. “I was preparing to receive my first Eucharist and I had such a burning in my heart for God and I didn’t know what ...

A U.S. scientist searching for a civilization across 7 Earth clones circling the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 says its own alien astronomers could also be scanning Earth.

Home to a small community of less than 30 Trappist monks, the Monastery of the Holy Spirit was established back in 1944 when a group of monks left an abbey in Kentucky with the goal of founding a ...

Last November, the order decided to merge three abbeys, Mount Melleray, Mellifont in Louth and Mount St Joseph in Tipperary, in an effort to ensure the monks have a future in Ireland. Since the ...

A local, multi-generational family has officially purchased The Abbey. The John Paul Ary families closed the deal two weeks ago. “We are excited about it,” Josh Ary said. “I think it’s ...

Pilgrims are flocking one last time to one of Munster’s best-known abbeys, run by the Cistercian monks in Waterford. Mount Melleray Abbey, near Cappoquin, will close on Saturday, almost two ...

Michelle Dockery has opened up about filming the third and final Downton Abbey film in a journey that has defined her career and captured the hearts of millions. For the latest top stories ...

Ebo’s supervisor, also a religious sister, asked her whether she would join a 50-member delegation of laymen, Protestant ministers, rabbis, priests, and five white nuns. Just before she left for ...

More than 3,500 miles from the Capitol, Selby Abbey is home to the Washington Window, one of the oldest surviving examples of the coat of arms of America's first president, George Washington.

Today there are about 160 Trappist monasteries around the world, with about 1,800 monks and 1,600 nuns. Not all Cistercians, however, are Trappists The choice of name for the new community ...

Singapore and Malaysia are set to show “Dark Nuns” on Feb. 13, and Vietnam will screen it on Feb. 21. "Dark Nuns" has the highest prebooking rate in Korea as of 3 p.m. Friday, according to the Korean ...