The Benedictine monks of Maredsous have elected Père François Lear as their ninth abbot on 19 December 2024, following the decision of Père Abbé Bernard Lorent to assume the presidency of the Alliance for International Monasticism beginning 1 January 2025. The community expressed profound gratitude to Père Abbé Lorent for his 22 years of dedicated leadership.

See more: https://www.maredsous.com/pere-abbe-francois/

And: https://osb.org/2025/01/07/pere-francois-lear-elected-as-ninth-abbot-of-maredsous/