Anian Christoph Wimmer/CNA, Author at Catholic Herald

Anian Christoph Wimmer/CNA

Benedict XVI responds to criticism of his essay on the Church and the sexual abuse crisis

August 27, 2019

Pope emeritus Benedict XVI has responded to criticism of his essay on the abuse crisis, saying many negative reactions have confirmed his central thesis that apostasy and alienation from the Faith are at the heart of the crisis – by not even mentioning God in their critique of his essay. In a brief statement in

Abortion activists disrupt Vatican women footballers’ debut

June 24, 2019

The international debut of the Vatican women’s football team, which was scheduled to play in a friendly against the Vienna FC Mariahilf Saturday, was cancelled after abortion and LGBT activists disrupted the game before it began, local media reported. According to several local media reports, players of the Viennese soccer team Mariahilf lifted their jerseys

Cardinal Marx announces ‘binding synodal process’ on celibacy and sexual morality

March 15, 2019

Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising has announced that the Catholic Church in Germany is embarking on a “binding synodal process” to tackle what he says are the three key issues arising from the clerical abuse crisis: priestly celibacy, the Church’s teaching on sexual morality, and a reduction of clerical power. Speaking at the

Open letter to Cardinal Marx urges radical changes to Church teaching on sexual morality

February 04, 2019

In an open letter published Sunday by a German daily, nine German Catholics, including two prominent Jesuits, demand a break with the Church’s teaching on sexual morality. The signatories call for a reworking of ecclesial structure, namely a “separation of powers”, the priestly ordination of women, an end to mandatory priestly celibacy, and other changes.

The Church and sexuality: An interview with Cardinal Brandmüller

January 10, 2019

Cardinal Walter Brandmüller made headlines last week, after he told German news agency DPA that debate over the clerical sexual abuse crisis should not “forget or silence the fact that 80% of the cases of sexual assault in the Church affected male youths not children,” adding that a connection between homosexuality and sexual abuse has

For Austrian cardinal, female deacons an ‘open question’

October 01, 2018

The cardinal said he would 'perhaps one day' ordain women deacons

Leaked German study documents thousands of sexual abuse cases

September 12, 2018

The study documents sexual offenses against '3,677 predominantly male minors' between 1946 and 2014

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