Catholic cardinals gather and sequester themselves in the Vatican for the start of a conclave to elect a new pope.

(Photo: Courtesy photo) This project will, in turn, enable the monks to create vital spaces ... Passionate about spreading the truth and beauty of the Catholic faith, Bénédicte enjoys sharing ...

In medieval Europe, scribes often wrapped their books in a ... Established in 1115, the abbey housed an order of Catholic monks known as the Cistercians, who were also known as the “White Monks” for ...

How analysis of texts from the early medieval period can help us understand comets - and our universe. The dam at Marsh Lake, Minnesota, has created an unexpected opportunity for pelicans.

Books with furry covers are indicative of medieval monks’ role in international ... a group of Roman Catholic monks in France struck out on their own. Dissatisfied with the rules of the ...

The Cistercian monks might not have even realized the skins had come from seals. These marine mammals were rarely depicted in medieval art or coats of arms, and there was no French word for ...

At the end of the ninth century, a group of Roman Catholic monks in France struck ... represents a remarkable corpus of 1450 surviving medieval books, with approximately 50% still in their ...