A Benedictine monastic alliance based in France has created a new foundation to support development projects worldwide. “The new Benedictus Foundation wants to encourage and support social works,” explains Abbot Jean-Pierre Longeat OSB, president of the Alliance for International Monasticism (AIM) based in Paris. The Benedictus Foundation was founded in 2021 by AIM and the Read more
The Benedictine monks of Downside Abbey have announced they are to leave their Somerset monastery after 200 years. The decision comes soon after the abbey and its monastic community completely separated from Downside School, a move that followed a 2018 investigation by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) into abuse at both Downside Read more
An anti-establishment Spanish nun, who is also a Harvard-educated doctor in public health, is moving into the world of politics. Sr Teresa Forcades, from the Benedictine monastery of Monserrat near Barcelona, is running in the next Catalan election in September. The vote has been dubbed a de facto referendum on independence from Spain. Sr Teresa Read more