Theology school backed by Cologne cardinal runs into increased criticism
The dispute over the Cologne University of Theology, which is supported by Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, is coming to a head.
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by bcadmin | Sep 22, 2022 | Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Germany, News | 0 |
The dispute over the Cologne University of Theology, which is supported by Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, is coming to a head.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 16, 2022 | abuse cover-up, Archdiocese of Cologne, Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, clerical sexual abuse, Germany, News | 0 |
A recent report on the public relations strategy used by Cologne Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki during a clerical sex abuse scandal has provoked renewed controversy.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 5, 2022 | Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, Church in Europe, Germany, News | 0 |
The Vatican believes Cologne Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki and his vicar general, Msgr. Markus Hofmann, did not violate canon law in their funding of investigations and hiring of communications consultants, reported the Catholic news agency KNA.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 28, 2022 | Archdiocese of Cologne, Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, German bishops, German Church, German synodal path, Germany, News | 0 |
Archdiocesan Catholics who responded to a survey preparing for the 2023 worldwide Synod of Bishops on synodality called for some big changes in the church.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 7, 2022 | abuse cover-up, Associated Press, Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, Church in Europe, clerical sexual abuse, German bishops, Germany, News | 0 |
The head of the German Bishops’ Conference on Monday pressed for a quick decision from Pope Francis on the future of a prominent archbishop who faces strong criticism for his handling of the church’s sexual abuse scandal.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 2, 2022 | abuse cover-up, Archdiocese of Cologne, Associated Press, Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, Church in Europe, clerical sexual abuse, German bishops, German Church, Germany, News | 0 |
A prominent Catholic archbishop who faced strong criticism for his handling of the church’s sexual abuse scandal in Germany said Wednesday that he has offered his resignation to Pope Francis following a “spiritual timeout” granted by the pontiff.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 7, 2022 | abuse cover-up, Archdiocese of Cologne, Associated Press, Bishop Georg Bätzing, Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, Church in Europe, clerical sexual abuse, German bishops, German Church, Germany, News | 0 |
The head of the German Bishops’ Conference expressed doubts that the planned return of Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki as archbishop of Cologne will help the diocese overcome a crisis sparked by the church’s handling of sex abuse allegations.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 8, 2022 | Archdiocese of Cologne, audit, Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, Church in Europe, Clerical Abuse, Congregation for Bishops, Germany, lead, News, Pope Francis | 0 |
Earlier this week the troubled German Archdiocese of Cologne announced that the Vatican has agreed to conduct an external audit into its contracts once the archbishop of the diocese returns from a papal-mandated sabbatical.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 9, 2021 | abuse cover-up, Archdiocese of Cologne, Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, clerical sexual abuse, Germany, News | 0 |
Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne, Germany, faces further pressure following the announcement that contracts he awarded to lawyers and communications consultants will be investigated under canon law.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 8, 2021 | Archbishop Michel Aupetit, archdiocese of Paris, Bishop Juan Barros, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, lead, News, News Analysis, Papal press conference, Resignation | 0 |
By now, one could assemble an entire 40-man baseball roster just from bishops whose resignations Francis has refused.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 3, 2021 | Cardinal Marx, Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, CIASE report, Michel Aupetit, News, Paris, Pope Francis, The Dispatch, Theodore McCarrick, Vatican | 0 |
Well, the Holy Father turned that one around right quickly. “That” is the resignation of the Archbishop of Paris, Michel Aupetit, which the Press Office of the Holy See on Thursday told the world Pope […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 18, 2021 | abuse cover-up, Archdiocese of Cologne, Associated Press, Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, Church in Europe, clerical sexual abuse, German bishops, German Church, Germany, News | 0 |
The Catholic archdiocese of Cologne, Germany held a service of penance Thursday for cases of sexual abuse by clergy, saying the ritual was not an absolution for the perpetrators but a “confession of guilt.”
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