Enzo Bianchi has defied a Vatican order to leave the ecumenical monastery he founded in 1965. The Holy See had given the prominent Italian layman until Feb. 17 to leave the monastery after issuing a ...

The community, composed of both men and women, pray the Liturgy of the Hours and follow a rule influenced by St. Benedict and St. Basil the Great. Members include Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox ...

ROME – After closing one of their locations and setting it aside for the exclusive use of their founder, Italy’s Bose Monastery has announced a decision to reopen the property after the refusal of ...

Pope Francis has sent a letter to an ecumenical community experiencing “a severe trial,” encouraging the group to “persevere in its initial intuition” despite a dispute with its founder. The Bose ...

What in the world is going on in Magnano? This peaceful hamlet in the northern Italian region of Piedmont is home to the Monastery of Bose. This mixed community of men and women was founded in 1965 by ...

Enzo Bianchi, founder and former prior of the ecumenical Monastery of Bose, speaks during a prayer vigil at the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome in this March 17, 2016, file photo. Following an ...

The Vatican has ordered Enzo Bianchi, the 77-year-old founder and former prior of the ecumenical Monastery of Bose, to leave the community following an apostolic visitation to clarify leadership ...