Italy – On September 8, the feast of the Nativity of Our Lady, the abbots of the Benedictine Confederation gathered in the Church of San Benedetto in Piscinula, Rome, for the chanting of Vespers, followed by fraternization. Among those present were Dom Gregory Polan, Abbot Primate, Dom Philippe Dupont, Abbot of Solesmes, and Fr. Bernhard Andreas Eckerstorfer, Rector of the Pontifical Athenaeum of St. Anselm. – Foto: Alain Patrick / Inácio Almeida