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In a historic joint pilgrimage to Rome for the 2025 Jubilee, Nordic Catholics were reminded of their mission to bring Christ’s light into the darkness and sow hope amid the hopelessness that prevails in the Northern countries.
The 45-year-old prelate served in the Vatican’s diplomatic service until 2022.
The podcast’s launch coincides with the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope, which Bishop Varden sees as particularly significant.
After years of international service to the Church and teaching in the U.S., Msgr. Fredrik Hansen’s new appointment as coadjutor bishop of Oslo is bringing him back to his native land.
What it’s like to traverse the northernmost pilgrimage route in the world to the national shrine of ‘Norway’s eternal king.’
A century after the world-famous Nobel Prize winner’s conversion, and her subsequent fervent prayers for Norwegian vocations, Mathias Ledum is the first man to be ordained to holy orders from her home parish.
A special abortion commission instituted by the Norwegian government has recommended Norway legalize elective abortion through the 18th week of pregnancy and legalize abortion in some cases even later into the pregnancy.
More than 500 years after most abbeys and monasteries in Norway were dissolved and destroyed in the Protestant Reformation, the northernmost Trappist monastery church in the world was consecrated Dec. 5 by Trappist Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim.
The occasion was a requiem and special commemoration of Archbishop Erik Valkendorf, who died in Rome 500 years ago on Nov. 28, 1522.
Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim discusses the roots of the expansion of the Catholic faith in Norway and the challenges that it represents in a highly secularized country.
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