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Entering a monastery means entrusting the question one carries to the Rule, to time and to the community. Through prayer, relationships and human frailty, a vocation…
In the report submitted to the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life, the Abbot General accused the abbess of manipulation without providing any evidence and…
When obedience intrudes into friendships, affections and conscience, religious authority oversteps its bounds and takes on the hallmarks of cult-like control.
Collaboration between lay people and religious is growing as the vocations crisis deepens. Some experiences foster communion; others lead to dependence, concentrations…
In the space of forty-eight hours, the Pope twice left Castel Gandolfo to visit Monte Cassino, the Shrine of the Most Holy Trinity at Vallepietra and Subiaco. The…
From sadness to resentment, the Benedictine lexicon reveals a concrete, domestic wisdom, capable of crossing the centuries without losing any of its force.
The serenity with which Benedictine monasteries live out ritual plurality unsettles those who have built their public stance on permanent confrontation.
Amid ageing presbyteries, ideological categories well past their sell-by date and mitres that would rather anaesthetise conflicts than face them, many young priests are…
The apostolic visitation of the Austrian Cistercian abbey has concluded. Amid calls for reflection on the community’s identity, formation and future, Rome has stepped in…
In the interview given to Silere non possum, the abbot addresses one of the most delicate questions in the life of the Church: the liturgy. He reflects on the Vetus…
The monastery does not offer an escape from the world, but a demanding path of humility, attentiveness and conversion through which a man is restored to the deepest…
In his address to the Benedictine communities, the Pontiff linked contemplative life and synodality, pointing to intercession and fraternal communion as a response to…
Dom Geoffroy Kemlin has written to Pope Leo XIV to suggest incorporating the Vetus Ordo into the current Roman Missal. A proposal born of the experience of the…
From lectio divina to prayer, from solitude to fraternal communion: monasticism preserves a radical form of Christian life that unifies existence, purifies the heart,…
Born as Franz Hubl in 1947, elected Abbot in 1996, and stepping down in 2017, he is remembered for his dedication to liturgy and his closeness to people. The monastery…
From postulancy to the solemnly professed: a halt to social media and Netflix, night-time discipline, and the credibility of those who form others. And meanwhile the…
Monastic life as a concrete form of hope: virginity, communion, a spiritual path, and a culture regenerated by ora et labora.
Choral liturgy calls for a personal decision: no one prays by delegation, and communion sustains when individual energy is exhausted.
Not mere fabrics, but signs that safeguard the Mystery: invisible hands, history, symbols, and a silent pedagogy that continues to shape faith.
During the Mass for the anniversary of Sant’Anselmo, the Pope spoke of unity, contemplation, and fidelity to the mystery: "The Church is alive when it knows how to…
The saint never opposed discipline and mercy - he fused them. And he taught that true ecclesiality is not born of uniformity, but of charity that holds diversity…
After nearly sixty years, the Cistercians are leaving. Lepori adds another name to the list of abbeys “accompanied to their death” — but is it really just a matter of…
From the forest of Cîteaux to today’s monasteries: the life of monks and nuns who choose poverty , humility , and charity as the path to rediscover Christ and to bear…
Work as an antidote to idleness and to the anxiety of results
The voice of the Church in the harmony of the psalms.
After the announced visitation ordered by the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life, the Austrian abbot is hospitalized and steps down as President of the…
Where the world screams, the monks sing. At Monte Oliveto, the echo of a faith that makes no noise, yet transforms life.
The Abbot of the Abbey of St. Maurice in Switzerland has resigned.
Leo XIV receives the Participants of the General Chapter of the Vallombrosan Benedictine Congregation
Some Clarifications Regarding the Apostolic Visitation to Heiligenkreuz
The Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life orders an apostolic visit to the Abbey of Heiligenkreuz.
A smear campaign rooted in envy, spiritual manipulation, and institutional silence within the Church hierarchy.
The Cistercian Order rejects those who have confused authority and spiritual dominion.