Monks Archives

Egypt prosecutors order ex-monk detained over abbot death

Aug 12, 2018

Prosecutors on Saturday ordered a recently defrocked monk to be detained for four days pending an investigation into his alleged involvement in the death of the abbot of a prominent monastery in the desert northwest of Cairo.

By Associated Press

English monks brew UK’s first Trappist beer

Jun 29, 2018

For the monks of Mount Saint Bernard abbey, St. Patrick’s Day had a special significance this year: It was the first brew day of their new brewery.

By Charles Collins

These monks in Ireland spend their lives praying for priests

Mar 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.

By Kevin J. Jones

Echoes of St. Benedict as Norcia monks rebuild after earthquake

Mar 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.

By Catholic News Agency

These 17th century monks did a beer fast for Lent

Mar 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.

By Matt Hadro

‘Other’ Orthodox have low expectations for ‘Great Council’

Jun 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.”

By Father Paul Thelakat