BETHLEHEM, Conn. -- Five o'clock on a late-winter afternoon, and in a pine-paneled church on a Connecticut hillside, a bell tolls the sun's descent into the woods outside the picture windows. A door ...

Earlier this year, the nuns of the Abbaye Notre Dame de l’Annonciation, near Avignon, took a call. It was, improbably, Decca Records asking to visit. The company was launching a global search to find ...

Justin Bieber had better watch out. Decca Records, part of Universal Music, which counts Lady Gaga and U2 among its acts has just signed a major record deal with the nuns of the Abbaye de Notre-Dame ...

A new Gregorian chant CD by a group of Benedictine monks in Norcia, Italy, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's classical music chart last week. The album, "Benedicta," was also the top overall seller at ...

The Benedictine Monks of Clear Creek Abbey in Oklahoma have teamed up with De Montfort Music and Sophia Music Group to release a new album of Advent melodies that takes advantage of Apple’s new ...

The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles are cloistered nuns who previously have received acclaim for their music. Several of their albums have topped the charts. Karen Pulfer Focht Karen ...

For the first time since 1835, the monks of the Santo Domingo de Silos Monastery in Spain — known for their Gregorian chant — have been forced to abandon the seclusion of their cells. However, this ...

STRATTON-ON-THE-FOSSE, England – A new BBC series will depict the daily life of Benedictine monks in a few UK monasteries, taking camera crews to capture a lifestyle normally hidden from the public’s ...