The monks at Westminster Abbey wore the black habit of the Order of St Benedict, who had originally established the Benedictine rules for the monks of his own abbey at Monte Cassino in Italy about ...

A group of monks have taken to social media to offer a look into a world that many will have no idea about. They talked about ...

Ampleforth Abbey in North Yorkshire has recently set up a TikTok account and the monks there have been busy answering ...

Explore the history of the Benedictine monastery at Westminster Abbey, from the time when the first twelve monks arrived in 960AD until the dissolution of the monastery under Henry VIII in 1540.

Five men searching for meaning in their lives accept a challenge from the Benedictine monks of Worth Abbey to live according to the monks' rules for 40 days and nights.

Recalling the trauma of losing his worldly goods, the novelist and travel writer uses silence as a path to peace amid ...

The first Benedictine monks settled here in 996. They went on to convert the Hungarians, to found the country's first school and, in 1055, to write the first document in Hungarian. From the time of ...