St. Benedict: "The Father of Western Monasticism" | EWTN News Nightly

St. Benedict: "The Father of Western Monasticism" | EWTN News Nightly

On July 11, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of Saint Benedict of Nursia, the sixth-century abbot who gave Christian monasticism its lasting foundation in Western Europe. Jem Sullivan, author of “The Beauty of Faith,” tells us about the life of St. Benedict and examines a 15th-century depiction of the saint.