Catholic author Emily Stimpson Chapman offers a personal glimpse into the colorful world of monastic wine, journeying through monasteries in Italy, France and Spain as windows into Europe’s spiritual ...

A medieval monastery that has stood for nearly 900 years has been partially submerged after violent storms sent rivers surging across northern Spain. Photos show muddy floodwater filling the ...

What is happening today in European monasteries? Why do young people leave the “normal” world to devote their lives to spirituality? Let's embark on a journey to discover the sources of Europe and ...

Sisters and brothers often sought to isolate themselves until they reached the end of the world. Saint Gregory of Tatev in Armenia hides at the top of an inaccessible mountain. It is animated by a ...

SPENCER, Mass. (AP) – For more than a century, Catholic Cistercian monks known as Trappists have been brewing and selling what many beer lovers consider some of the best in the world. Eight ...