In northeast Scotland, six miles southwest of Elgin in Moray, stands Pluscarden Abbey, the northernmost Benedictine abbey in the world. Within its medieval walls, a community of some 15 Catholic monks ...

I hadn’t eaten anything all day when I eventually arrived at Pluscarden Abbey at about 2 in the afternoon. The Latin word Pax is emblazoned on its gates. I walked up an avenue of ilex and rhododendron ...

This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission on items purchased through this article, but that does not affect our editorial judgement. A MEDIAEVAL Scottish abbey that is home ...

Monks living in a medieval monastery say a planned new dual carriageway through their Moray community would threaten their way of life. Two preliminary options for a new stretch of the A96 road, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Father Giles Conacher lights a candle in the lady chapel at Pluscarden Abbey on in Elgin, Scotland. Monks at ...

As you read this, teams of young pilgrims are making their way across France, heading for an abbey in the north of Scotland, commemorating more than 700 years of monastic history. Pluscarden Abbey, at ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In the frantic modern world, the notion of a “retreat” seems to have a currency as never before. The idea has ...

Monks at Pluscarden Abbey in Moray are warning their peaceful way of life will be threatened by a possible route for a new dual carriageway. Preliminary options for a new stretch of the A96 road ...

Raymond Spencer, monk: born Scopwick, Lincolnshire 28 June 1915; professed as a Capuchin friar 1935, taking the name Alfred; ordained priest 1941; solemnly professed as a Benedictine monk 1952; Prior, ...

Monks at Pluscarden Abbey in Moray are warning their peaceful way of life will be threatened by a possible route for a new dual carriageway. Preliminary options for a new stretch of the A96 road ...