Monka

Monks use web, ringtones, blogs to recruit

The Benedictine monks at the Portsmouth Abbey in Portsmouth, R.I., have a problem. They are aging -- five are octogenarians and the youngest will be 50 on his next birthday -- and their numbers have fallen to 12, from a peak of about 24 in 1969.So the monks, who for centuries have shied away from any outside distractions, have instead done what man...