Newman calls us to leave behind stale arguments
On Wednesday, June 9, the Archbishop of Cologne, Cardinal Joachim Meisner, addressed 4,000 priests from around the world. They were gathered at the Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls in Rome for the...
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Cardinal Seán O’Malley of Boston has marked the 10th anniversary of the start of the clergy sex abuse crisis with a series of major interviews (Boston Globe, National Catholic Register parts one and...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 08/02/13
The US bishops will continue to oppose the Obama administration’s contraception mandate, despite last week’s revisions, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York has said (full text, comment by Grant Gallicho...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 29/11/13
Archbishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga of Bangui has urged the United Nations to send “a well-equipped, well-trained force” to end the violence in the Central African Republic. Pope Francis is likely to...
View ArticlePope Francis declines to answer four cardinals’ Amoris appeal
Pope Francis has declined to answer an official appeal from four cardinals to clarify his recent apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia. Cardinals Raymond Burke, Carlo Caffarra, Walter Brandmüller and...
View ArticleWhy hasn’t Pope Francis replied to the four cardinals’ letter?
In the Church as in politics, 2016 has been a year of anxiety, anger and sharp divisions. But whereas politics has had its moments of drama – the Brexit vote, the US election – the Church’s internal...
View ArticlePope criticises ‘legalism’ after cardinals’ request for clarification
The debate over Amoris Laetitia has intensified, after Pope Francis suggested that some responses do not understand the document. In an interview with the Italian newspaper Avvenire, partially...
View ArticleAttacks on four cardinals aim to silence the truth, says Bishop Schneider
A Kazakhstani bishop has issued a strong defence of the four cardinals who wrote to the Pope asking for clarity on Amoris Laetitia, saying that they are the victims of “hush-up strategies and slander...
View ArticleCardinal Joachim Meisner, one of the four ‘dubia’ cardinals, has died aged 83
Senior German cardinal and former Archbishop of Cologne Cardinal Joachim Meisner has died at the age of 83. Cardinal Meisner served as Archbishop of Cologne for 25 years. A spokesman for the...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 06/07/17
The night before he died Cardinal Joachim Meisner reportedly told Cardinal Gerhard Müller that he was “deeply saddened” by his departure from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The Church...
View ArticleCardinal Joachim Meisner: a fearless champion of orthodoxy to the end
Cardinal Joachim Meisner, who has died aged 83, lived through some of the last century’s most dramatic events and remained to the end of his life a champion of Catholic orthodoxy. Born in 1933 in the...
View ArticlePope praises late-Cardinal Meisner’s faithful, fearless dedication
Pope Francis mourned the death of German Cardinal Joachim Meisner, retired archbishop of Cologne, praising his “deep faith and sincere love for the Church.” The 83-year-old cardinal died unexpectedly...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 10/07/17
Christians must “not forget to find true rest in the Lord”, Pope Francis said at yesterday’s Angelus (full text, full video). The Turkish government has denied reports that it has seized 50 churches...
View ArticleBenedict XVI: Cardinal Meisner was a ‘passionate shepherd’ who found it...
Benedict XVI has described Cardinal Joachim Meisner as a “passionate shepherd and pastor” in a message read out at the cardinal’s funeral today. The note (full text) says the cardinal found it...
View ArticleNewman calls us to leave behind stale arguments
On Wednesday, June 9, the Archbishop of Cologne, Cardinal Joachim Meisner, addressed 4,000 priests from around the world. They were gathered at the Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls in Rome for the...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 05/01/12
Cardinal Seán O’Malley of Boston has marked the 10th anniversary of the start of the clergy sex abuse crisis with a series of major interviews (Boston Globe, National Catholic Register parts one and...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 08/02/13
The US bishops will continue to oppose the Obama administration’s contraception mandate, despite last week’s revisions, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York has said (full text, comment by Grant Gallicho...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 29/11/13
Archbishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga of Bangui has urged the United Nations to send “a well-equipped, well-trained force” to end the violence in the Central African Republic. Pope Francis is likely to...
View ArticlePope Francis declines to answer four cardinals’ Amoris appeal
Pope Francis has declined to answer an official appeal from four cardinals to clarify his recent apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia. Cardinals Raymond Burke, Carlo Caffarra, Walter Brandmüller and...
View ArticleWhy hasn’t Pope Francis replied to the four cardinals’ letter?
In the Church as in politics, 2016 has been a year of anxiety, anger and sharp divisions. But whereas politics has had its moments of drama – the Brexit vote, the US election – the Church’s internal...
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