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

The Cistercian bishop reflected on angels as mediators of God’s providence and on St. Bernard of Clairvaux’s realism

Bishop Erik Varden warned Pope Leo XIV and the Roman Curia that corruption within the Church has caused

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

In the fourth and fifth meditations offered to Pope Leo XIV and the Roman Curia, Bishop Erik Varden

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

Opening the Vatican’s Lenten spiritual exercises, the Norwegian Cistercian bishop warned against weaponizing the Gospel in culture wars.

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