By Angela Ambrogetti A week of spiritual exercises for Pope Leo XIV and the Roman Curia at the start of Lent will take on a distinctly monastic character, with the retreat returning to the Apostolic ...

According to a note released on Wednesday by the Prefecture of the Papal Household, the annual Lenten Exercises will be ...

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Pope Leo XIV has chosen Norwegian Trappist Bishop Erik Varden to preach the first papal Lenten retreat of his pontificate with the Roman Curia later this month. Bishop Varden, a former abbot of Mount ...

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