Parramatta, Australia, Jul 30, 2018 / 15:38 pm
While Germany has the potential to be a major European leader, the Church in the country must take a strong stand to insist on moral direction as well, said Cardinal Gerhard Mueller in a recent interview.
"Germany is the leading country economically but we need leadership also in the moral-ethical orientation," said the former prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
He warned that "most of the European leaders and people in authority are too much linked with certain ideologies," such as support for abortion, euthanasia and gay marriage. "They think this is the progress of humanity but it is a regression."
Mueller spoke to Catholic Outlook, the diocesan newspaper of Parramatta, Australia during a recent trip to the country to give a talk to a group of priests.