Pope Benedict XVI bequeathed a pectoral cross to St. Oswald’s Church in the city of Traunstein in Bavaria after his retirement in 2013. The cross was stolen June 19, 2023, from the church.

Pope Benedict XVI bequeathed the cross to St. Oswald’s after his retirement in 2013. Benedict celebrated his first Mass as a newly ordained priest at St. Oswald’s in 1951. A Service of EWTN ...

If you’ve seen the back of a St. Benedict medal, you may have noticed a series of letters. The first set is arranged in and around the shape of the cross: C S P B C S S M L N D S M D.

Although the fate of the current St. Benedict hasn’t been decided, once vacated and stripped of its sacred art, including the stained glass windows and stations of the cross, it will essentially ...

Pope Benedict XVI bequeathed a pectoral cross to St. Oswald’s Church in the city of Traunstein in Bavaria after his retirement in 2013. The cross was stolen June 19, 2023, from the church.