That means their products are made in the vicinity of a Trappist abbey, under the supervision of monks or nuns, and profits are used for charity or the needs of the monastic community. Of the 11, five ...

Multiple schemes involving the resale of Trappist beer at sky-high prices have forced a centuries-old Belgian monastery to take action. Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP via Getty Images Some of the world’s ...

CONYERS—A sold-out crowd of hundreds attended the performance of the Georgia Boy Choir at the Monastery of Our Lady of the ...

It was a bold idea to begin with. For generations, Trappist monks in Europe have been brewing beer under strict guidelines to cover living expenses at their monastery – and along the way, created some ...

SPENCER, Mass. (AP) -- For more than a century, Catholic Cistercian monks known as Trappists have been brewing and selling what many beer lovers consider some of the best in the world. Eight ...

Spencer Trappist Ale, brewed by the monks at St. Joseph's Abbey, is made at one of a dozen craft breweries in Central Massachusetts. PHOTO/COURTESY Spencer Trappist Brewery, the only Trappist brewery ...

In 1848, 44 Trappist monks from France braved the wide ocean to reach the New World. Upon arriving in New Orleans, they ...

When COVID-19 led health officials to urge people to shelter in place, it even affected the already-cloistered monks at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers. Public prayers and services with ...

Trappist Father Jean-Pierre Schumacher, the last survivor of the 1996 attack on the Tibhirine monastery in Algeria, died at the age of 97. In a message released Nov. 21, the Trappist community of ...

AVA, Mo. -- When the monks of Assumption Abbey could no longer support themselves by producing cement blocks, they decided to make fruitcake. Fifteen years and thousands of cakes later, there is no ...

Palantir CEO Alex Karp reportedly bought Colorado's St. Benedict's monastery for $120 million, setting a new residential ...