Over the centuries, a magnificent monastic complex was built around the Sacred Cave where St. Benedict developed his ...

Monasticism provided an alternative. Monastic rules, like that of Benedict of Nursia (480–547), institutionalized isolation. In Benedictine monasteries, solitude was created through seclusion from ...

Pope Benedict XVI paid homage to Benedict XV, who led the church during World War I, but also to St. Benedict of Nursia, who founded the Benedictine Order and influenced the spread of Christianity ...

Pope Benedict XVI paid homage to Benedict XV, who led the church during World War I, but also to St. Benedict of Nursia, who founded the Benedictine Order and influenced the spread of Christianity ...

Pope Benedict XVI, for instance, honored both Benedict XV — who led the Church during World War I — and St. Benedict of Nursia, founder of the Benedictine Order.

Benedict XVI drew inspiration from Benedict of Nursia, founder of Western monasticism, reflecting values of prayer and contemplation. Francis, the first Latin American pope, chose his name after St.

What’s in a name? That’s a question Catholics often ask after a new pope is elected. One of his first official acts of a new pope is to choose a name. Deeply symbolic, the name often reflects the pope ...

In Assisi in 2013, Pope Francis explained why he adopted “Il Poverello” (the little poor man) as his patron. First came St Francis’s focus on Christ. Second was his focus on peace, not a ...

Benedict of Nursia was born in 480 AD, just four years after the Western Roman Empire collapsed, at least officially so. Rome had ruled for centuries as the center of civilization, law, and order.

Today, we will study a man who had a great impact on European civilization and culture – Benedict of Nursia (or Norcia). A great part of what we know about Saint Benedict comes from Saint Gregory the ...