It was the second surprise pilgrimage the pope has made this week during his summer vacation.
Order of St. Benedict (Benedictines)
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In Montecassino, the pope prayed at the tomb of St. Benedict of Nursia, the patron saint of Europe who is considered the father of Western monasticism, and his sister, St. …
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In a noisy world, “Benedictine life proposes something different: a way of inhabiting the world with greater attentiveness, balance and humanity.”
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“People ask me what my (political) position is. … I say I’m neither pro-Israel nor pro-Palestine. I’m pro-human because in the end, we are all human beings.”
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The cross traced on the forehead echoes the sign first made at baptism and repeated throughout a Catholic’s sacramental life, Father Martis said.
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As we struggle with the complexity and noise of today, the church needs monastics more, not less. And the world? Even more so.
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Bishop Erik Varden spoke about his own path to monastic life, the challenges facing believers in the North, and how the Gospel can still speak “face to face” to a …
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Churches should be joyful places of sharing gift of faith, pope says
by Cindy Woodenby Cindy WoodenPope Leo XIV was given the keys to the Church of St. Anselm on Rome’s Aventine Hill, a church whose history is closely tied to his namesake.
