In an ancient monastery behind huge medieval battlements in a hilltop town just south of Rome, 10 monks are striving to keep alive a 1,600-year-old spiritual tradition against increasing odds.

The cover of Michael O'Brien's new book, 'Monastery Mornings: My Unusual Boyhood Among the Saints and Monks.' In the book, O'Brien shares his experiences growing up among the Trappist monks and the ...

A group of Benedictine monks has cut ties with a Catholic school in a Chicago suburb after it hired a lacrosse coach who is in a same-sex marriage. Abbot Austin G. Murphy, Benet Academy chancellor and ...