What Happens to a Hub of Renaissance Florence When the Friars Move Out? The San Marco convent, central to the legacies of Fra Angelico and Savonarola, is closing, a victim of the Roman Catholic Church’s dwindling clergy ranks. Source: New York Times
Maine friars close much-loved bakery to open brewpub The Friars’ Bakehouse in Bangor will close Friday so Franciscan Brothers Donald Paul and Kenneth Leo can focus on their soon-to-open brewpub. Source: USA Today
