From 3–10 November 2025, Benedictine, Cistercian and Trappist communities from across Latin America gathered in Salvador de Bahía for EMLA 2025, reflecting together on fraternity as a monastic and ecclesial vocation.

Father Martin Neyt OSB, a monk of Clerlande Monastery and President of the Alliance for International Monasticism (AIM) from 1997 to 2013, has passed away. His legacy is one of service to the international monastic world.

Delegates from Benedictine communities across East Asia and Oceania met at Thien Binh Monastery, Vietnam, in October to renew collaboration in formation and education, and to elect new leadership for the regional network.