The Vatican’s jubilee organizers say they are neither supporting nor opposing the event while the figures behind it are declining to comment.
A respected expert in Islam, the Spanish prelate devoted much of his career to promoting dialogue with the Muslim religion and played a key role in the “Document on Human Fraternity.”
The Vatican has announced a new leader of the ordinariate in Great Britain.
Cardinal Gerhard Müller told author Rod Dreher, who was also speaking at the conference, that the attempt to shut down the conference was “like Nazi Germany.”
The Coptic Orthodox Church has confirmed that its decision to suspend dialogue with the Catholic Church was due to Rome’s “change of position” on homosexuality.
In a statement published Jan. 23 on his blog, Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun said the declaration contains numerous passages in need of clarification.
The cardinals said they submitted five questions, called a “dubia,” on Aug. 21 requesting clarity on several topics.