- Lenten Retreat: Bishop Varden reflects on ‘becoming free’ Vatican News
- Lenten Retreat: Bishop Varden reflects on the splendour of truth Vatican News
- Varden: Don’t use the Gospel as a weapon Catholic World Report
- At Curia retreat, Bishop Varden warns of Gospel’s use ‘as a weapon in culture wars’ National Catholic Reporter
- Pope Leo XIV begins Lenten spiritual exercises led by Bishop Erik Varden EWTN News
