Articles by AC Wimmer
Norwegian bishop: Catholic life leads ‘to persecution to some degree in this fallen world’
Nov 30, 2022 / 07:00 amMarking 500 years of his country’s history, a convert to Catholicism, Trappist monk, and Scandinavian bishop spoke about persecution in Rome this week.
As Church allows for LGBT-employees in Germany, Vatican publishes concerns over Synodal Way
Nov 25, 2022 / 09:30 amThe Vatican on Thursday published the full wording of its latest warnings over another schisma coming out of Germany, raising fundamental concerns and objections against the Synodal Way.
Did the Vatican ‘snub’ German bishops over Synodal Way?
Nov 21, 2022 / 10:04 amBishop Georg Bätzing said supporters of the Synodal Way wanted to remain Catholic, “but we want to be Catholic in a different way.”
Why Catholics and Orthodox might once again celebrate Easter on the same date
Nov 18, 2022 / 07:30 amThe spiritual leader of the world’s Eastern Orthodox Christians has come out in support of finding a common date to celebrate Easter.
Ahead of 2022 FIFA World Cup, bishop calls for ‘critical look’ at situation of Christians in Qatar
Nov 17, 2022 / 08:20 amThe “sports bishop” of the German Bishops’ Conference on Thursday called for a critical look at conditions in the competition’s host country.
German bishops meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican amid concern over Synodal Way
Nov 17, 2022 / 07:52 amThe audience with Pope Francis lasted about two hours, the German Bishops’ Conference said in a statement published after the encounter.
French bishop under investigation for ‘inappropriate’ behavior toward a woman
Nov 17, 2022 / 03:25 amThe archbishop emeritus of Strasbourg said he deeply regretted making “inappropriate gestures toward a young woman of legal age” in the late 1980s.
‘Truly not an easy task’: German bishops begin talks in Rome amid Synodal Way concerns
Nov 14, 2022 / 10:30 amBishop Georg Bätzing said the German bishops would “openly and honestly address” the topics of the process during their ad limina visit in Rome this week.
Pope Francis meets with Father James Martin at Vatican
Nov 11, 2022 / 05:24 amPope Francis received Jesuit Father James Martin in a private audience in the apostolic palace inside the Vatican on Friday.
Pope Francis, King of Jordan discuss ‘need to encourage Christian presence’ in Middle East
Nov 10, 2022 / 09:20 amPope Francis received King Abdullah II of Jordan on Thursday in the Vatican.
‘Priestly formation at the heart of evangelization,’ Pope Francis tells seminary rectors
Nov 10, 2022 / 09:00 amSpeaking to rectors and formators from Latin America Nov. 10, the pontiff called priest vocations “a gift of God to the Church and to the world.”
Vatican’s first auditor general and his deputy sue Secretariat of State
Nov 10, 2022 / 07:40 amLibero Milone and Ferruccio Panicco are seeking $9.25 million compensation for loss of earnings, damage to their reputations, and emotional suffering.
Pope Francis accepts resignation of German bishop found guilty of embezzlement
Nov 8, 2022 / 04:34 amPope Francis on Tuesday accepted the resignation of a German bishop who was convicted of embezzling money from a woman suffering from dementia.
French cardinal confesses to sexual abuse
Nov 7, 2022 / 09:00 amCardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard said on Monday that he had abused a 14-year-old girl several decades ago and was making himself available to authorities.
Pope Francis calls on religious not to be discouraged by ‘lack of vocations or by aging’
Nov 7, 2022 / 08:03 amThe pope addressed representatives of the Claretianum Institute of the Theology of the Consecrated Life at the Vatican on Nov. 7.
Iraqi archbishop calls for courageous dialogue among religions, end to violent persecution
Nov 3, 2022 / 08:00 amAddressing the Group of Twenty’s first-ever forum on religion on Nov. 2, Archbishop Bashar Warda drove home the need for “forgiveness and a renunciation of violence.”
Pope Francis accepts resignation of German archbishop
Nov 1, 2022 / 07:52 amArchbishop Schick said the pope had asked him to remain in office. “After presenting my reasons again, he then granted my request," the German bishop wrote in a statement.
Pope Francis calls on Catholics to become peacemakers
Nov 1, 2022 / 05:26 amPope Francis on Tuesday called on Catholics to “disarm their hearts” and become peacemakers.
Why Pope Francis’ November prayer intention is for children who suffer
Oct 31, 2022 / 09:01 am“There are still millions of boys and girls who suffer and live in conditions very similar to slavery,” the pontiff said in a video appeal issued Monday.
Pope Francis meets French President Emmanuel Macron
Oct 24, 2022 / 07:04 amPope Francis received French President Emmanuel Macron at the Vatican on Monday.