CONCEPTION, Mo. -- Printing presses churned out memorial programs and chairs were placed inside the basilica as a northwest Missouri abbey prepared Thursday for the throng of mourners expected to bid ...

Casamari Abbey in Italy is a gem of Cistercian-Gothic art, whose stones have been imbued with the prayers of monks over the centuries. Here, the monks have dedicated their lives to the vows of ...

CONCEPTION, Mo. — A man wielding two rifles opened fire in the hallways of a Roman Catholic abbey Monday, killing two monks and wounding two others before committing suicide in a chapel, authorities ...

RICHARDTON — Bertrand Vogelweide was driving home to Fargo after a trip to Medora when he noticed the twin spires of the Assumption Abbey reaching toward the sky over the western North Dakota town of ...

With stunning nature, ancient sacred sites, and a burial ground for kings, the sacred—and car-free—Isle of Iona is said to be ...