Louisiana monks thankful for right to sell caskets

Mar 22, 2013 - 02:00 am .- After fighting a lawsuit for over five years, Benedictine monks in Louisiana finally won the right to sell their handmade wooden caskets when a federal appeals court ruled in their favor March 20.

California monks build new chapel with medieval stones

Jan 10, 2013 - 04:03 am .- A California abbey has been home to Cistercian monks since 1955, and now houses a new chapel built of stones taken from a medieval Cistercian monastery in Spain.