Columnist: AC Wimmer
German Bishops Sharply Divided Over Same-Sex Blessing Guidelines
German bishops are divided sharply over implementing blessing guidelines for same-sex couples, with a comprehensive survey by katholisch.de revealing stark divisions across the country’s 27 dioceses, three months after the ...
Cardinal Reina Says True Fidelity Requires Continuing On The Path Set By Francis
Cardinal Baldassare Reina urged the faithful to “discern and order” the late pontiff’s reform initiatives while acknowledging the sense of loss felt by Rome’s Catholics in his homily on the ...
Dutch Cardinal Advocates Christ-Centered Reform Over Controversial Synod Issues
A Dutch cardinal has cautioned against misguided reform efforts within the Catholic Church, warning that regional solutions to contentious issues could undermine the Church’s credibility. Cardinal Willem Jacobus Eijk, archbishop ...
Ahead of Synod, Prominent Prelates Publish on ‘LGBTQ Issues’
Just days after organizers of the second session of the Synod on Synodality in October said topics were not the focus of discussions, two prominent participants have publicly weighed in ...
Priest Confesses to Cooking Crystal Meth in Rectory
A Catholic priest in Austria has confessed to producing crystal meth in his parish rectory. The case came to light after authorities arrested the 38-year-old cleric along with a 30-year-old ...
Cardinals Müller and Schönborn: Ordination of Women is Impossible
Shortly after Pope Francis opposed the possibility of an ordained female diaconate, two German-speaking cardinals publicly have said that only men can be ordained to the priesthood. “Women cannot be ...
Dutch Bishop: Fiducia Supplicans Is An Attempt To ‘Make Peace With A Secular Society’
A Dutch bishop has described the Vatican’s Fiducia Supplicans declaration, which permits nonliturgical blessings of homosexual couples, as an attempt to “make peace with a secular society.” However, Auxiliary Bishop ...
Society of St. Pius X Priest Admits to Years of Homosexual Misconduct with Minors
At a hearing for a criminal trial in France, a priest of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) who spent six years in the U.S. has admitted to sexual ...
Too Little, Too Late? Vatican Tries to Draw Line on Women’s Ordination and Homosexuality in Letter to German Bishops
The Vatican has informed German bishops in writing that the ordination of women and changes in the Church’s teaching on homosexuality cannot be subjects of discussion in the upcoming meetings ...
Swiss Study Finds More Than 1,000 Cases of Clergy Sexual Abuse
A comprehensive, yearlong investigation into sexual abuse within the Catholic Church in Switzerland released on Tuesday has documented more than 1,000 instances of abuse dating back to the mid-20th century ...
Pope Francis Banishes Gänswein To Home Diocese Without Role
According to a German newspaper report, Pope Francis ordered Archbishop Georg Gänswein to leave the Vatican and return to Germany by the end of June. The longtime private secretary of ...
Pope Francis Fails to Correct German Bishops’ Diabolical “Synodal Way” During Visit
Pope Francis received the German bishops at the Vatican on Thursday. The audience with Pope Francis lasted about two hours, the German Bishops’ Conference said in a statement published after ...
Pope Francis Accepts Resignation of German Bishop Found Guilty of Embezzlement
Pope Francis on Tuesday accepted the resignation of a German bishop who was convicted of embezzling money from a woman suffering from dementia. A German court found Auxiliary Bishop Johannes ...
Archbishop Chaput: ‘Biden is Not in Communion with the Catholic Faith’
Archbishop Charles Chaput said on Saturday that Joe Biden “is not in communion with the Catholic faith” and that “any priest who now provides Communion to the president participates in ...
Bishop, Accused of Abuse, Helped Pedophile Priests Escape to Latin America
A German prelate who served as bishop in Ecuador is not only accused of having sexually abused minors in several countries. As director of a German aid organization he also ...