Prompted by recent events, Abbot Primate Jeremias reflects on the papal visit to France and asks himself: What does the principal patron saint of Europe mean for the rest of the world?

Pope Leo’s summer revealed a papal interest in the Benedictine tradition, marked by trips to our oldest monasteries, shared monastic meals, an address to the CIB, and, finally, a generous tribute to “Saint Benedict and his monks” during his visit to France.

Meeting at Sant’Anselmo, delegates voted for new CIB statutes, re-elected Sister Lynn McKenzie OSB as moderator and gathered for the first International Benedictine Women’s Symposium since 2016.

As in every issue of NEXUS, this time too there are some statistics from the Benedictine Confederation: the largest monasteries and the most popular names.

Sant’Anselmo announces four summer programmes for 2027, offering practical leadership training, renewal and focused study for monastic superiors, monks, nuns and oblates in Rome.

Faculty and alumni from the Pontifical Institute of Liturgy joined the Society for Catholic Liturgy in New Orleans to explore the history and Benedictine theology of the Liturgy of the Hours ahead of new breviary translations.