BERLIN — Bavarian Catholic church authorities said Thursday they have closed Germany’s last Bridgettine Order abbey at the request of the Vatican — renewing concerns about what will happen to the ...

BERLIN (AP) — A Cistercian monastery that's existed for almost 900 years in what is now western Germany is closing down for good, due to a shortage of monks. The Himmerod Abbey, founded in 1134 by the ...

Archaeologists excavated a ruined monastery in Posa and uncovered 15 densely packed burials dating between 500 and 800 years ago, photos show. Photo from the State Office for Heritage Management and ...

ALTOMUENSTER, Germany — It was filthy, cramped and in major disarray, but when art historian Eva Lindqvist Sandgren entered the library in Altomuenster Abbey, off-limits to all but the German ...

BERLIN (AP) — Bavarian Catholic church authorities said Thursday they have closed Germany’s last Bridgettine Order abbey at the request of the Vatican — renewing concerns about what will happen to the ...

head Bishop Nikolaus Schneider (L) walks to the cloister with Pope Benedict XVI in the Augustinian Monestry (Augustinierkloster) in Erfurt September 23, 2011/Max Rossi_ Pope Benedict, visiting the ...