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 ...

Famous for the beauty of their Gregorian chants, the Benedictine nuns of the Abbey Notre-Dame de Fidélité of Jouques in the Provence region have been developing wines of excellence since 1967. The ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Benedictine nuns from a secluded convent in southern France have had their prayers answered after beating 70 other religious orders to a deal with Universal Music with the hope of ...

Lady Gaga now shares a record label with a band of soul sisters — a group of Benedictine nuns. Universal Music's Decca Records discovered them at their convent in France as part of a global search for ...

NAGARJUN, Nepal — As the first rays of sun pierced through the clouds covering snowcapped Himalayan peaks, Jigme Rabsal Lhamo, a Buddhist nun, drew a sword from behind her back and thrust it toward ...