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German bishops vow to continue with reforms and be ‘Catholic in a different way’

November 21, 2022

Bishops from Germany last week pledged commitment to reforms to Catholic teaching that have been criticised by the Vatican. Bishop Georg Bätzing, the head of the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK), told reporters in Rome following a series of meetings with Pope Francis and other figures in the Vatican hierarchy that they wished to be “Catholic in

Synodality – an exercise in misreading St John Henry Newman and ‘Lumen gentium’

November 16, 2022

One consequence of writing for the Catholic Herald on the Synodal process is that it seems to make some people excitably angry. When Socrates urged on his listeners the important aphorism “know thyself”, the early Greeks had to attempt the process without the advantage of Twitter. I have had an advantage that earlier generations lacked

Pope Francis hits out at direction of German Synodal Path

November 08, 2022

Last week on Sunday Pope Francis warned German Catholics against implementing reforms while speaking to journalists on a flight back from Bahrain, warning also against another Protestant Church in Germany. As reported by Deutsche Welle, and the German Press Agency, Pope Francis said another new Protestant Church “won’t be as good”. This is not the first time the Pontiff

Cardinal Zuppi: can no special ‘signs’ really be read into TLM pilgrimage participation?

November 03, 2022

According to Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, there are no special “signs” to be read into his attendance and presiding over Vespers for a recent annual Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) pilgrimage to Rome, named after Benedict XVI’s apostolic letter Summorum Pontificum, acknowledging the right of all priests to offer Mass according to the 1962 Roman Missal. As reported by Andrea

Cardinals Tagle and Parolin defend renewal of Sino-Vatican pact

October 24, 2022

On October 22 the Vatican confirmed it had renewed a deal with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) relating to the appointment of bishops in the country. Renewal of the 2018 deal has been fiercely criticised by Cardinal Joseph Zen (the veteran former Bishop of Hong Kong, currently on trial there on trumped-up charges) as well

Rome cannot ignore the prosecution of Cardinal Zen

October 07, 2022

This month sees the trial in Hong Kong of Cardinal Joseph Zen. He and four defendants face charges of failing properly to register a fund (now defunct) to help anti-government protesters in the island. The 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund was established to help people arrested for taking part in pro-democracy protests in 2019 and was

Cardinal Müller challenges Pope Francis: no authority to change teaching of Church

September 29, 2022

In an interview with Infovaticana, German prelate, Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, the former Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has warned that Pope Francis has no authority to change the teaching of the Church. This is not the first time Müller has taken a stand against Pope Francis, having recently warned

Pope Francis has been thrown a lifeline

September 29, 2022

With yet another delay to Zen trial, Pope Francis must revisit China deal The trial of Cardinal Joseph Zen in Hong Kong will restart next month due to a ruling of insufficient evidence. As reported by Radio Free Asia, Zen and five co-defendants pleaded not guilty to a charge of failing to properly register a