To celebrate this week’s historic state visit from Pope Benedict XVI, the Sunday Telegraph invites readers to download a special recording of soothing Gregorian chant from The Nuns of Avignon.

An order of cloistered Benedictine nuns in France has signed a deal with Universal Music to produce an album of Gregorian chant. The abbess said that after time in prayer the nuns decided the ...

And the chant has forever been sung by the nuns at the Benedictine Monastery of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Westfield, where it is a part of the daily ritual.

Benedictine nuns signing to Universal A closed order of Roman Catholic Benedictine nuns is set to storm the charts following a deal with Universal Music. The Nuns of the Abbaye de Notre-Dame de ...

(RNS) If you loved the music of the Benedictine monks of Norcia in Italy -- and the Billboard charts say millions do -- then you'll love their beer, now available for purchase in the U.S.

Gregorian chants give each day in this cloistered monastery its spine and shape. The nuns sing together seven times a day, celebrating the divine office on an ancient schedule that begins with ...

In a global search of 70 convents throughout Europe, Africa, and the United States, this order of Benedictine nuns were deemed to have the finest Gregorian Chant singers.

The Monks of Norcia, a group of Benedictine monks in Norcia, Italy. The group's new Gregorian chant CD debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s classical music chart last week (June 10, 2015). Photo by ...

The reclusive order, based near Avignon, were deemed to have the finest Gregorian Chant singers. They have signed a deal with Decca Records, part of Universal Music, which counts Lady Gaga and U2 ...

To celebrate this week’s historic state visit from Pope Benedict XVI, the Sunday Telegraph invites readers to download a special recording of soothing Gregorian chant from The Nuns of Avignon.