Biographer Seewald: Benedict XVI resigned as Pope because of insomnia
Insomnia was apparently the decisive reason for Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation in February 2013.
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January 27, 2023
Discerning and deciding together
South African Catholic activist Noluthando Honono describes the hope she finds in the Synod.
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January 26, 2023
Cardinal Hollerich says there will no longer be a ‘Christian Europe’
The idea of a “Christian Europe” is a thing of the past, according to Luxembourg Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich.
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January 26, 2023
German bishops divided over Vatican letter rejecting Synodal Council
The Vatican’s rejection of the planned establishment of a “Synodal Council” of the Catholic Church in Germany has met with a mixed response from bishops.
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January 25, 2023
Head of German bishops says Church in Germany will stick to plan for Synodal Council despite Vatican‘s disapproval
The Vatican has rejected the planned creation of a “Synodal Council” in a letter to the German Bishops’ Conference amid an ongoing dispute over the
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January 24, 2023
Jesuit criticises German government’s “restrained” handling of child abuse allegations involving Catholic Church
The Vatican’s internationally renowned expert on child protection, Hans Zollner, has said the German government is too restrained in its dealing with the churches on
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January 19, 2023
Church must tackle more fundamental issues in Synodal Path consultations, theologians say
Current Catholic reform issues must focus more on fundamental problems, according to the theologians Karl-Heinz Menke and Magnus Striet.
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January 18, 2023
German court suspends case against Benedict pending search for his legal successor
The Traunstein Regional Court has suspended proceedings in the complaint lodged against the late Pope Benedict XVI and other Church officials.
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January 17, 2023
“Enormous” challenges ahead will force Francis to “muster all his strength to bring Synod to conclusion” says theologian
Vienna-based dogma professor Jan-Heiner Tueck has said he sees three possible scenarios for the Catholic Church following the death of Benedict XVI, while admitting that
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January 16, 2023
German bishops and theologians oppose rapid beatification and canonisation of Benedict XVI
Many theologians and bishops from Benedict’s German homeland are calling for a wait-and-see approach in the debate about a rapid beatification and canonisation of the
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January 10, 2023
