The Basilica di San Benedetto and the adjoining monastery, which Benedictine monks had inhabited continuously for 16 years, was seriously damaged in the first series of quakes, in late summer.

Japanese monks have been skipping, skating and juggling to show how unrestrictive their traditional attire is. It comes after a monk was fined by police for driving while wearing a kimono because ...

The Benedictine monks at Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery ... impacted the Monastery with long-lasting smoke. So, outfitted in robes and carrying chainsaws, the monks have taken to tending to ...