Monasteries – Regional Interfaith Network

Pope to Benedictine Abbots: Start New Monasteries

September 9, 2016 by admin

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Pope Francis today received in audience some 250 participants in the congress of Benedictine abbots and abbesses gathered in Rome to reflect on the monastic charism received from St. Benedict and their faithfulness to it in a changing world.

China imposes harsh restrictions on Monks

October 10, 2014 by admin

Chinese authorities have launched a campaign to tighten restrictions on monastic life in a restive county in Tibet, ordering the destruction of recently built religious structures and demanding that younger monks be expelled from the monasteries and sent back to their family homes, according to sources