CONCEPTION, Mo. -- Two monks fatally shot at a Roman Catholic abbey were remembered as "icons of honesty and simplicity" who were taken in a brutal and senseless way. More than 1,000 people filled the ...

Benedictine Father Kenneth Reichert stands outside the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception at Conception Abbey in Conception, Mo., in this June 2003 photo. It was taken a year after two monks were ...

Conception Abbey monastery is undergoing a total renovation. It’s the most significant renovation ever done of the building since the structure was built in 1880. The renewal of the 81,700-square-foot ...

CONCEPTION, Mo. -- Not a day goes by the Rev. Kenneth Reichert isn't reminded of the deadly rampage a year ago that shattered the serenity at his northwest Missouri abbey. He's reminded when he uses ...

CONCEPTION, Mo. — A man wielding two rifles opened fire in the hallways of a Roman Catholic abbey Monday, killing two monks and wounding two others before committing suicide in a chapel, authorities ...

It’s been 10 years since an armed man entered a Northwest Missouri monastery and opened fire. On June 10, 2002, Lloyd Robert Jeffress shot four monks at Conception Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in ...

CONCEPTION, Mo. (AP) --The doors at Conception Abbey in northwest Missouri are still unlocked and open, and forgiveness continues to be the theme as the members of the rural monastery remember a day ...

CONCEPTION, Mo., June 10 -- A man armed with two rifles opened fire inside a Benedictine monastery in rural Missouri today, killing two monks and seriously wounding two others before he killed himself ...