Bishop Erik Varden closed a weeklong retreat for the Roman Curia with meditations on the cross and hope.

The Norwegian Trappist monk chosen to preach the Vatican’s Lenten retreat once called himself an atheist — and

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As the Roman Curia’s Lenten retreat continued, Cistercian abbot-bishop Erik Varden reflected on St. Bernard of Clairvaux and

Bishop Erik Varden, a Cistercian from Trondheim, Norway, is leading the Lenten spiritual exercises for the Roman Curia,