Articles by AC Wimmer
197 cardinals meet behind closed doors — but what is being discussed?
Aug 29, 2022 / 11:22 amThe cardinals of the Catholic Church have been called to Rome for an extraordinary consistory. It is the first of its kind in seven years — and only the second of the pontificate of Pope Francis.
Vatican Cardinal decries criticism of German ‘Synodal Way’ as ‘denunciation’
Aug 29, 2022 / 10:05 amThe chief organizer of the Catholic Church’s Synod on Synodality has decried as “denunciation" the number of public criticism of the German "Synodal Way."
'Taken out of context': Pontifical Academy defends Archbishop Paglia's abortion law remarks
Aug 29, 2022 / 06:49 amThe Pontifical Academy for Life on Monday clarified remarks of the Academy's president on Italian television that the law legalizing abortion in Italy was a "pillar of society".
The date is set: 'Apostle of the Catechism' to be declared a saint of the Catholic Church
Aug 27, 2022 / 08:34 amA renowned Italian priest and bishop dedicated to evangelization and teaching the Catechism will be declared a saint of the Catholic Church.
Father’s civil claim against Cardinal Pell and Australian archdiocese to go forward
Aug 25, 2022 / 07:15 amAn Australian court ruled that a man can sue the Archdiocese of Melbourne and Cardinal George Pell for nervous shock over the alleged sexual abuse of his late son.
Australian Anglicans split over same-sex marriage
Aug 18, 2022 / 09:38 amAn attempt by the Sydney archdiocese to affirm that marriage is only between a man and a woman was narrowly voted down at a synod in May, leading to a schism within the Anglican church.
Swiss bishops' Synod report: Catholic Church denies equality to women and excludes LGBT people
Aug 16, 2022 / 09:02 amThe Swiss Bishops' Conference's report from the Synod says the Catholic Church was seen as suffering from clericalism as well as “denying equality to women” and excluding “people with LGBTQ identity.”
Reports of at least 40 people killed in church fire in Egypt
Aug 14, 2022 / 05:50 amAt least 40 people have died in a Coptic church fire in Egypt — most of them were children under the age of six, according to media reports.
Majority of German Catholics don't like Church being against abortion, poll finds
Aug 11, 2022 / 06:58 amAccording to a new representative poll, 58% of German Catholics do not like "the fact that the Pope and the Church speak out against abortions."
German bishop, accused of abuse, found to have helped wanted pedophile priests escape to Latin America
Aug 8, 2022 / 10:00 amThe now-deceased prelate allegedly used money from the German Bishops' Conference to financially support other alleged perpetrators.
Ahead of trip to Kazakhstan, Pope Francis meets with Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Anthony
Aug 5, 2022 / 08:22 amMetropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, the new head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Pope Francis today.
Pope Francis calls on young people to turn to Jesus like Blessed Carlo Acutis did
Aug 5, 2022 / 07:13 amPope Francis told young Catholics on Friday that Jesus is not just a moral precept but a person and a great friend.
Pope Francis: Canada's residential schools system was 'cultural genocide'
Jul 30, 2022 / 03:09 amPope Francis has agreed with the view that the forced removal of Indigenous children and their treatment in Canada’s residential school system was a form of “cultural genocide.”
Pope Francis says he has 'said all he has to say' in 2019 letter to German Catholics about the 'Synodal Way'
Jul 30, 2022 / 02:22 amThe latest Vatican intervention against the German "Synodal Way" was published by the Secretariat of State, but he himself has said “everything he had to say” in his own letter to German Catholics, Pope Francis told journalists.
As Anglican bishops gather, deep divisions over statement on banning same-sex marriage emerge
Jul 26, 2022 / 13:07 pmFollowing criticism from Anglican bishops, participants in the Lambeth Conference in Canterbury, England will be given the opportunity to “clearly state their opposition” to a motion against same-sex marriage and blessings of homosexual unions.
Indian archbishop asked to resign over escalating liturgical dispute
Jul 26, 2022 / 07:15 amThe dispute over the celebration of a unified liturgy in the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church has led to the resignation of a bishop in southern India.
Archbishop calls for international efforts after 17 migrants from Haiti die in rough seas in the Bahamas
Jul 25, 2022 / 10:45 amThe archbishop of Nassau in the Bahamas reacted with sadness to the news of a boat carrying migrants from Haiti capsizing off the coast of the Bahamas on Sunday, calling for international efforts to remove the reasons migrants risk their lives to leave their homelands.
‘Astonished’ German leaders take issue with Holy See’s latest warning about the ‘Synodal Way’
Jul 22, 2022 / 09:42 amThe latest warning by the Holy See about the risk of a new schism from Germany arising from the “Synodal Way” has been sharply rejected and met with “astonishment” by its organizers, who in turn accused Rome of not acting like a synodal Church.
Vatican warning: Germany's ‘Synodal Way’ poses ‘threat to the unity of the Church’
Jul 21, 2022 / 07:25 amThe Vatican has issued another warning of a new schism from Germany coming out of the “Synodal Way”.
German ‘Synodal Way’ a ‘conscious statement against Catechism,’ says official
Jul 19, 2022 / 03:21 amThe German “Synodal Way” is aiming to change the Church’s teaching on homosexuality by proposing “a conscious statement against the current Catholic catechism," according to a leading protagonist of the controversial process.