The Key of St. Benedict is considered a powerful symbol of protection and guidance, carrying the following message: "May the Holy Cross be my light." "May the devil not be my guide." "Begone, Satan.

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.

A St. Benedict medal may be blessed by any bishop, abbot, priest or deacon, not necessarily a Benedictine (Instr., 26 Sept. 1964; Can. 1168). However, I was on a quest, and I can be pretty ...

Consider the San Damiano cross, so well-known because of St. Francis of Assisi. We might have picked out the depictions of the Blessed Mother and St. John or some angels included on the cross.

Benedict, who turns 79 on Easter Sunday, stepped briskly along the path through the ancient ruins before handing the cross over to Cardinal Camillo Ruini, his vicar for Rome.