Benedictines Archives

Benedictine abbot leads pope, curial officials in Lenten retreat

Mar 11, 2019

When Pope Francis asked 50-year-old Benedictine Abbot Bernardo Gianni to lead his Lenten retreat, the abbot said he told the pope he felt “very inadequate.”

By Cindy Wooden

Benedictines help secure funds for water project that’s changing lives

Oct 28, 2018

The Benedictines understand the importance of clean water for all people and expressed concern about its privatization and use as a political tool.

By Cori Fugere Urban

Benedictines in NJ settle sexual abuse lawsuits over school

Jun 1, 2018

The Order of St. Benedict of New Jersey settled with the men who said they were abused while attending the Delbarton School.

By Associated Press

Once on the verge of closing, Italian monastery sees vocation revival

May 11, 2018

The investiture of Sister Maria Vittoria della Croce last month marked the first ceremony of its kind to be held in the Italian city of Barletta since the 1940s.

By Catholic News Agency

Benedictine abbeys can offer hectic world oasis of peace, pope says

Apr 19, 2018

Pope Francis asked the world’s Benedictines to continue to offer oases of peace and silence to a busy and distracted world.

By Carol Glatz

Retired Archbishop Buechlein of Indianapolis dies at age 79

Jan 26, 2018

Retired Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein of Indianapolis, a Benedictine priest for 53 years, died Jan. 25 at age 79.

By Catholic News Service

Closing doors: Small religious colleges struggle for survival

Nov 25, 2017

More than 60 percent of Catholic universities in the U.S. have fewer than 2,500 students, and most have “very little in the way of financial endowment,” said Paula Moore, vice president of external relations for the Washington, D.C.-based Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities.

By Bobby Ross Jr.

‘One Bread, One Cup’ opens space for contemplation in frenzied world

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