Pope Leo XIV closed the Vatican’s weeklong Lenten spiritual exercises Friday by thanking retreat preacher Bishop Erik Varden ...

The Lenten season is a reminder that Christians are called to bear witness to Christ through authentic witness, not ...

It is tempting to think we must keep up with the world’s fashions. It is, I’d say, a dubious procedure. The Church, a ...

There is a “prophetic challenge” facing the Church in today’s world with the rise of “digital, artificial” media, according ...

Nothing has done the Church more tragic harm, and compromised our witness more, than corruption arisen within our own house” ...

Church governance depends more on holy, prayerful leaders than on bureaucratic expertise, Norwegian Bishop Erik Varden of ...

In the fourth and fifth meditations offered to Pope Leo XIV and the Roman Curia, Bishop Erik Varden reflected on how the modern debate over “freedom” challenges Christians.

The link between the office of a bishop and the function of governing in the church "does not mean that the sacrament of Holy Orders is the exclusive source of all government in the Church," wrote ...

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Bishops, reflects on the appointment of laypeople to positions ...

The late pope picked Auxiliary Bishop Angelo De Donatis to preach at the retreat in 2014. In 2017, De Donatis was appointed the papal vicar of Rome — effectively entrusted to run the Rome Diocese of ...