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Cardinal Gerhard Müller.

Cardinal Müller calls for overcoming ideological divisions in the Church

Nov 11, 2025

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

Cardinal Gerhard Müller, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has called for overcoming ideological divisions... Read more

Pope Francis speaks at the 50th annual Social Week of Catholics in Trieste, Italy, on the morning of July 7, 2024. At his arrival in the northern Italian city, he was greeted by Archbishop Luigi Renna, president of the organizing committee (right), and Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, president of the Italian bishops' conference (left).

Pope Francis: In politics, Catholics cannot live a ‘private faith’

Jul 7, 2024

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis defended democracy and criticized political polarization while urging Catholics to share their faith in the public square during... Read more

Pope Francis speaks during his weekly general audience on Ash Wednesday Feb. 22, 2023.

Pope Francis: The Gospel is not ‘a political party, an ideology, a club’

Feb 22, 2023

By Hannah Brockhaus

The pope’s weekly general audience took place in a full Paul VI Hall on Ash Wednesday, the first day of... Read more

Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, in Rome on Oct. 23, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Vatican cardinal says he did not compare German Synodal Way to Nazi ideology

Sep 29, 2022

A Vatican cardinal has defended himself against the accusation by the president of the German bishops’ conference, Bishop Georg Bätzing,... Read more