An Angel Is a ‘Guardian of Holiness,’ Explains Bishop Varden

Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim, Norway, preaches at Lenten spiritual exercises at the Vatican on Feb. 22, 2026.

The Cistercian bishop reflected on angels as mediators of God’s providence and on St. Bernard of Clairvaux’s realism rooted in mercy during the Vatican’s Lenten spiritual exercises.

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