The Lenten season is a reminder that Christians are called to bear witness to Christ through authentic witness, not self-righteous indignation, Norwegian Trappist Bishop Erik Varden told the pope and ...

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 ...

Pope Leo XIV prays as Norwegian Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim leads the final day of the Roman Curia's annual ...

Nothing has done the Church more tragic harm, and compromised our witness more, than corruption arisen within our own house” Bishop Erik Varden said to Pope Leo XIV and other Vatican officials on ...

Pope Leo XIV on Monday called on officials of the Roman Curia to deepen both mission and communion, urging Vatican offices to be “more mission-oriented” and cautioning against the “forces of division” ...

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

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

VATICAN: At the conclusion of a week of Spiritual Exercises in the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV on Friday offered words of gratitude ...

Pope Leo XIV poses with Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim Roman Curia's annual Lenten retreat in the Pauline Chapel at the Vatican Feb. 22, 2026. The Norwegian bishop was chosen by Pope Leo to preach at ...