On this day we celebrate the feast of St. Benedict of Nursia, c. 480 - c. 547. For a virtual tour of his monastery, click here for the Monte Cassino page on the St. John's Abbey web site. Click the ...

In the year 529, the civilization of Rome was a fainting glimmer. That year Saint Benedict of Nursia, founder of the Benedictine Order, established its abbey on Monte Cassino—a steady light, on a ...

Today is the day Orthodox Christians observe the feast of St. Benedict of Nursia, founder of Western monasticism. Because he’s a saint of the pre-schism Church, the Orthodox recognize him as a saint, ...

St. Benedict was the spiritual founder of all monasteries. On the summit of Italy’s Monte Cassino, 14 centuries ago, where pagans had raised a shrine to Apollo. Benedict gathered around him a group of ...

Well, okay. The precise day of the feast is July 11, and you're probably reading this several days prior. But there's no time like the present to consider the holy monk's lasting legacy since it's ...

So much to remember, so easy to forget. So it is not surprising that, amid our winter woes and worries, virtually no one has paused to reflect on what happened in Italy 65 winters ago, a time of ...

Pope Francis on Thursday appointed a new Abbot of Montecassino – the first monastery built by St. Benedict – and at the same time reduced the territory for which the new abbot is responsible. "The ...