In the early morning and late at night, monks still rise to sing the divine office, their voices low and hoarse from sleep. With every breath they are keeping alive a centuries-old tradition in ...

The European Commission granted more than 3 million euros to a project developing AI tools to save centuries of Gregorian chant. The French Abbey of Sainte Madeleine du Barroux has opened its doors to ...

I can not say I had spent much time thinking about monks beforehand, but on this trip I realized the little thoughts I had formed about monasticism were embarrassingly inaccurate. My class spent the ...

History remembers Charlemagne as a warrior-king and reformer, the architect of the Carolingian Renaissance and promoter of Gregorian chant. But behind this legacy stood quieter figures — scholars and ...

In northeast Scotland, six miles southwest of Elgin in Moray, stands Pluscarden Abbey, the northernmost Benedictine abbey in the world. Within its medieval walls, a community of some 15 Catholic monks ...