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Beer for Lent? The Diocese of Scranton’s ‘40 Days’ brew helps feed the homeless
The Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania, has launched a beer collaboration with a local brewery to support its anti-hunger programs for... Read more
These 17th-century monks did a beer fast for Lent
With the Lenten season underway, Catholics are immersing themselves in 40 days of abstaining from sweets, technology, alcohol, and other... Read more
America loses its only Trappist brewery, amid competitive beer market
The first and only certified Trappist brewery in the U.S. has said that it will close, citing a lack of... Read more
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Beer-making returns to Belgian Catholic abbey after 200 years
The Norbertine monastery was forced to abandon brewing after the French Revolution. Read more
Pontifical university patents beer giving drinkers taste of the Middle Ages
A pontifical university in Poland is patenting a beer that will give drinkers a taste of the Middle Ages. Read more
These Cistercian monks are brewing the UK's first Trappist beer
The label of “Trappist” is among the most exclusive designations of beer worldwide, with only 11 breweries around the globe... Read more
Welsh pub renames beer after seminarian mix-up
How does a pub make up for mistakenly trying to kick out a group of celebrating seminarians? By naming a... Read more
Monks of Norcia announce special edition beer to help them rebuild
It was God and beer sales that helped sustain the Benedictine monks of Norcia, and it is God and beer... Read more
For these Benedictine monks, to brew well-made beer is to pray
A group of Italy-based monks pray and work at their monastery at St. Benedict's birthplace. Now the fruits of their... Read more
