Pope Francis said this love can be seen in the lives of contemplative monks and nuns who work and pray in silence for the whole Church. Pope Francis at his general audience in St Peter’s Square on ...

Vaughan and Suzanne Counts set aside 20 minutes every morning and 20 minutes every evening to be silent and know God. In those periods of stillness and silence, they quiet their minds while slowly ...

According to Bishop Bozo, the new foundation promises to be a real blessing for a very de-Christianized rural region, completely devoid of male contemplative communities since the Revolution. Solignac ...

Spiritual author Kathleen Norris has written extensively about contemplative monks, chronicling a world often considered exotic and medieval. But by the last day of March, on the phone from her home ...

24 monks live at the Abbey of the Genesee in Piffard, Livingston County. The monks have stepped up efforts to welcome visitors. It opened a new store that sells their breads, local foods and products ...

For over a thousand years, monks living in remote monasteries have consistently outlived their contemporaries by decades, and their secret wasn’t just prayer and meditation. Hidden within monastery ...

AVA, Mo. (KY3) - A small monastery in Ava is known across the world for its specialty fruitcakes. Baking fruitcakes has been a tradition at Assumption Abbey for more than 30 years. Business manager ...

MEXICO CITYMEXICO CITY — It’s the fortnight before Christmas and all through the world’s Catholic convents, nuns and monks are extra busy preparing the traditional delicacies they sell to a loyal fan ...