1.   After thieves stole nine rare manuscripts from a Benedictine monastery library near Barcelona last July, the monks did more than pray.

2.   Inside, its walls are covered in paintings, brocades and thangkas - a special style of religious painting done by monks.

3.   The monks might do a prayer for a cessation of snow.

4.   About eight monks do the computer work.

5.   Eat vegetarian, as Buddhist monks always do.