Monks

These monks in Ireland spend their lives praying for priests
- Catholic News Agency, Global Church
- March 18, 2017
Ireland has been hard hit by scandals involving the sins of priests in recent years, but it’s also home to a new Benedictine priory with a commitment to prayer for the sanctification of priests, rooted in St. Benedict’s example of adaptation to changing circumstances.
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Echoes of St. Benedict as Norcia monks rebuild after earthquake
- Catholic News Agency, Global Church
- March 10, 2017
“The earthquake and kind of the destruction that we had seen of material things has really reminded us of the fact that we’re pilgrims here on earth, and that this world will pass away, and that the biggest, most glorious things man can build, one day they will come to dust, and it’s the soul that endures, and it’s God,” said Father Martin Bernhard, O.S.B. of the Benedictine Monks of Norcia.
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These 17th century monks did a beer fast for Lent
- Catholic News Agency, Global Church
- March 1, 2017
“Salvator” is the name of an “unusually strong” beer that Paulaner monks in the 1600s would brew because “liquid bread wouldn’t break the fast.” J. Wilson, a Christian journalist, tried the special monk diet that he consumed over 46 days during Lent, eating no solid food.
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‘Other’ Orthodox have low expectations for ‘Great Council’
- Global Church, Interviews
- June 17, 2016
A leading cleric of the Oriental Orthodox Churches, invited to the “Great and Holy Council” taking place in Crete only as observers, says that “humanly speaking, one cannot expect much from this synod … but we believe in the power of the Holy Spirit who can guide us at all levels.”
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