Stained-glass window depicting St. Benedict of Nursia (photo: Shutterstock) Thomas Griffin Features July 11, 2024. He was born Oct. 6, 2020. Benedict is our first child, and he was named on purpose.

By your ascetic labors, God-bearing Benedict, you were proven to be true to your name. For you were the son of benediction, and became a rule and model for all Mar. 14/27: St. Benedict of Nursia ...

In the early 6th century, when St. Benedict of Nursia wrote his Rule for living together in community, I doubt he could have imagined that 16 centuries later, a college and university on a ...

On this day we celebrate the feast of St. Benedict of Nursia, c. 480 - c. 547. For a virtual tour of his monastery, click here for the Monte Cassino page on the St. John's Abbey web site. Click ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Friar’s Table, the restaurant that opened late last year in downtown Cleveland, has scheduled a special ...

Why is the name Benedict so important? Some commentators point to the last pope named Benedict, Pope Benedict XV, in an attempt to understand why the new pope chose the name. The previous Benedict ...

St. Benedict, whose feast the Catholic Church celebrates on July 11, endured constant attacks from the enemy throughout his life. Wednesday, July 23, 2025. A service of EWTN News.

Benedict announced his resignation from the papacy on Feb. 11, 2013. ... After being elected pope, he chose the name Benedict XVI inspired by the memory of St. Benedict of Nursia, ...

A steady stream of tens of thousands of people filed into St. Peter's Basilica on Monday to pay their respects to former Pope Benedict XVI, whose body was laying in state without any papal ...

Archbishop Georg Ganswein kneels by the coffin of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is brought to St. Peter's Square for a funeral mass at the Vatican, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.