Spiritual Exercises - Lent 2026


27/02/2026

Varden concludes the Spiritual Exercises for the Curia: “Christ calls us to communicate hope to the world”

Curia on retreat: Varden concludes the exercises with Saint Bernard and a hope "without illusions"

27/02/2026

Bishop Varden to Leo XIV: "What is needed are collaborators of proven integrity, lovers of concord, peace, and unity, modest in speech"

Bishop Erik Varden draws on the words of St Bernard to extend an invitation to Leo XIV himself. The penultimate meditation to the Roman Curia took ...

26/02/2026

The monk Varden to the Roman Curia: "An intransigent streak never left Saint Bernard, but over time it was softened."

The words of the Trappist bishop at the Lenten spiritual exercises: from the "realism" of Saint Bernard, shaped by the clashes of history, a concre...

26/02/2026

Bishop Varden to the Roman Curia: "An angelic encounter is personal. It cannot be replaced by a download or a chatbot"

The Norwegian bishop is leading the Curia and the Pope in the Lenten spiritual exercises.

25/02/2026

Spiritual Exercises. Bishop Varden: "The Church reminds men of the hidden glory that lives within them"

Seventh meditation by Bishop Erik Varden to the Roman Curia

25/02/2026

Varden to the Curia: "The integrity of a spiritual teacher will also be evident in their online habits and at the bar."

During the fourth day of the Spiritual Exercises for the Roman Curia, Bishop Erik Varden led the sixth meditation addressed to the Pope and the Car...

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