Pope Benedict XVI continued his series of teachings on prominent holy women from the Middle Ages. He spoke Nov. 3 about Margaret d’Oingt, a 13th-century Carthusian prioress and mystic. Margaret viewed ...

The spirituality of the founder of the Carthusians remains an undying landmark in the turmoil of a world that is forgetful of God. Exactly 920 years have passed since St. Bruno of Cologne was born in ...

WASHINGTON, DC OCTOBER 25: Chartreuse is a liqueur made by the Carthusian Monks since 1737 according to the instructions set out in a manuscript given to them by François Annibal d'Estrées in 1605.

In 1960, when other American teenagers were dancing the twist or chanting "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini," Chuck Henley was thinking about prayer. If prayer is real, he wondered, why ...

The first 20 minutes are spent in complete silence, and even thereafter, words are few and far between. Nevertheless, Into the Silence, a new documentary about the life of a Carthusian monastery, ...