FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2016 file photo Sister Apollonia, right, and Postulant Claudia Schwarz kneel in front of the altar of the chapel of the abbey in Altomuenster, Germany. Bavarian Catholic church ...

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 ...

An international research team is advocating for the protection of a newly uncovered trove of centuries-old Catholic texts that could contribute to the world's collection of art and music from the ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. ALTOMUENSTER, Germany — It was filthy, cramped and in major disarray, but ...

The contemplative life of the Benedictine monks from Germany’s Tholey Abbey is about to be interrupted by the jet-setting art world. This September, three stained glass windows designed by German ...

Gerhard Richter's choir windows at Tholey Abbey. (Photo courtesy of the Meiser family and Abtei Tholey) Three soaring windows took on light for the first time at the oldest abbey in Germany last ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Children were "sadistically tormented and also sexually abused" at a Catholic monastery in Pope Benedict's native Bavaria, according to a new report commissioned by the Roman ...

The convent is in northwest Germany, near the Dutch border in Thuine, AP said. Although most Catholic nuns in Germany are elderly, AP noted, the convent’s Mother Superior, Sister Maria Cordis Reiker, ...

BERLIN – Bavarian Catholic church authorities say they have closed Germany's last Bridgettine Order abbey at the request of the Vatican. The property, including a precious library, now goes to the ...

The undated reproduction shows a religious book which was found in library of the abbey in Altomuenster, southern Germany. With the closure of the abbey of the uniquely women-led Bridgettine Order the ...