My first visit to the Sunday service at St. Benedict’s Monastery was Jan. 11, its last Mass. Not being a Christian, I never ...

At Mount Angel Abbey in Oregon, one of the last monastic breweries in the country, brewing beer is a sacred art.

St. Benedict’s Monastery held its final public Mass on Jan. 11, with four of the five remaining monks transferring to other ...

FILE - A view of the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery where Pope Benedict XVI lived after he resigned, inside the Vatican, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. The converted monastery in the Vatican gardens that served ...

Inside the 100-year-old-plus Benedictine monastery, located in the town of Belmont, a suburb of Charlotte, Abbot Solari answered questions in a quiet voice, reflecting on his 23 years as abbot at ...

People walk into the St. Benedict’s Monastery in Snowmass for the monastery’s last public liturgy on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026.

For nearly 70 years, people from around the world visited St. Benedict’s Monastery in Old Snowmass, a place many called “a ...