Five prominent cardinals have challenged Pope Francis to clarify apparent ambiguities in his teaching regarding topics such as blessings for gay couples, the ordination of women, and the authority of the synod of bishops.
A key advisor to Pope Francis, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, has called for relaxation of Catholic teaching on gay sex, insisting that the Church should not ask “impossible things” of homosexuals.
Pope Francis has named progressive Luxembourg Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich to his inner cabinet of advisors despite the cardinal’s rejection of key elements of Catholic moral teaching.
Leaders of the Catholic and Protestant Churches in Europe have launched a joint Christmas appeal for peace in Ukraine, urging the aggressors to “stop the hostilities.”
The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) has called on the European Union to ensure “fair access to affordable energy for all, especially the most vulnerable,” in a statement Monday on the energy crisis.
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, president of the European Bishops’ Conferences (COMECE), has called on the European Union (EU) to accept Ukraine’s application for membership.
Australian Cardinal George Pell has called on the Vatican’s doctrinal office (CDF) to reprimand two outspoken bishops for their rejection of Church teaching regarding homosexuality.
German Cardinal Gerhard Müller, the former head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office (CDF) warns of a creeping secularism within the Catholic Church, the National Catholic Register reported Friday.
Jesuit Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich told Catholic News Agency (KNA) Tuesday that the Catholic Church should change its teaching on homosexuality.
The head of the European Bishops’ Conferences (COMECE) warned EU politicians this weekend that belittling Christians only serves to drive them toward populist parties.
Jesuit Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, President of the European Bishops’ Conferences (COMECE), said Wednesday that keeping to “the 1.5°C threshold for global warming is a profound moral imperative.”
The president of the European Catholic Bishops’ Conferences (COMECE), Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, has rejected European Commission warnings that illegal immigration is being used to “destabilise Europe,” calling instead for the facilitation of migration into Europe.
The leader of the European Bishops’ Conferences (COMECE), Jesuit Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, has berated “Europe and the West” for their failure to open their borders to Afghan refugees fleeing the country.
The progressive leader of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (COMECE) has called on Europeans to open their doors to migrants stranded in camps in Libya, Lesbos, and Lampedusa.
The president of the Commission of European Bishops’ Conferences (COMECE) has decried the ongoing violence and targeted persecution of Christians in Nigeria by Islamist militants.
The Catholic bishops of the European Union (COMECE) have endorsed the European Green Deal as an “underpinning strategy” for a continent-wide plan of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
The progressive leader of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (COMECE) has called on Europeans to fight against the twin enemies of coronavirus and nationalism in order to preserve the European Union.
Three prominent cardinals have launched an appeal to European church leaders to help relocate refugees presently hosted by the Greek island of Lesbos.
The archbishop of Luxembourg said this week that climate change is the most important issue faced by the Vatican synod on the Amazon, so its final document “should be very strong” on ecological issues.
Luxembourg archbishop Jean-Claude Hollerich praised the successes of green parties in Sunday’s EU elections while lamenting the rise of populist-nationalist groups.
