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 ...

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 ...

BERLIN – A Cistercian monastery that’s existed for almost 900 years in what is now western Germany is closing down for good, because of a shortage of monks. The Himmerod Abbey, founded in 1134 by the ...

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 ...

Archaeologists in Germany have uncovered a handful of 500-year-old gold coins buried among the ruins of a medieval monastery. Known as Himmelpforten, the Augustinian Hermit monastery housed monks from ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...