Cardinal Ludwig Muller

Cardinal Müller: Global rejection of Fiducia Supplicans should give Vatican ‘food for thought’

'The distinction between liturgical-official blessings and the private-pastoral blessings of non-marital sexual partnerships remains problematic for me,' began Müller, who issued a lengthy statement in December about Fiducia Supplicans. By Michael Hayes, LifeSite News, January 5,... read more

Exclusive. Müller Writes to Duka: Fernández Goes Against Catholic Doctrine, and With Him Is the Pope

By Sandro Magister, L'Espresso, October 13, 2023 (s.m.) In the open letter to his friend Cardinal Dominik Duka published today exclusively by Settimo Cielo, Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller criticizes in depth the response given last September 25 by Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, the... read more

Cardinal Müller on Synod: ‘This is the great hour of manipulation’

The Catholic Herald, September 14, 2023 On Tuesday Cardinal Müller gave a frank interview to Spanish Catholic news website InfoVaticana, in which he has expressed his grave concern about multiple aspects of the upcoming Synod Assembly on synodality and the current state of the... read more

Synod on Synodality: Read the Final List of Delegates

The delegates are made up of representatives selected by bishops’ conferences and Eastern Catholic Churches, leaders in the Roman Curia, and 120 delegates personally selected by Pope Francis. By Edward Pentin/CNA Staff, National Catholic Register, September 22, 2023 The Vatican on Sept. 21... read more

Cardinals Müller, Burke rebuke German bishops over same-sex union blessings

By Tyler Arnold, Catholic News Agency, March 17, 2023 A synod of German bishops overwhelmingly approved Church blessings of same-sex unions and unions between divorced and remarried Catholics, but the move has faced harsh criticism from some members of the Catholic hierarchy who... read more

Müller and the Ancient Mass: the Pope Belittles the Bishops and Damages Pastoral Care.

By Marco Tosatti, Stilum Curiae, February 24, 2023 The recent rescript approved by Francis and the Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Cardinal Roche, continues to arouse reactions. The new document, which reinforces the motu proprio Traditinis... read more

Cardinal Müller: Cardinal Pell was Pope Francis’ best theological counselor

Cardinal George Pell was the best theologian on Pope Francis’ Council of Cardinals and a good papal counselor, Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, former head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office, said on January 19, Wednesday. By Hannah Brockhaus. CNA/ Herald Malaysia online, January 19,... read more

Infallibility and the limits of papal power: An interview Cardinal Gerhard Müller

“The best means by which we can assist the Pope and the bishops is our prayer. We trust in Jesus, the Lord of the Church …” Gerhard Ludwig Cardinal Müller in an interview with Lothar C. Rilinger. By CWR Contributors Features, Catholic World Report, November 20, 2021 [Editor’s... read more

DICTATOR POPE: Moral Theology in the Balance

By  Rev. Dr. Benno A. Zuiddam, Remnant, March 21, 2022 It was a 'red alert' last week. Pope Francis removed Daniel Fernández Torres, a bishop from Puerto Rico, from office, without trial. The bishop was known as a skilled administrator with traditional views on man and woman,... read more

Cardinal Müller critiques Pope Francis’ ‘harsh’ response to extraordinary form, compared to German Synodal Way

By Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency, July 19, 2021 The former head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has critiqued Pope Francis’ recent restrictions on extraordinary form Masses as “harsh” compared to his modest response to the “massive attacks on the unity of the... read more

Pope Francis Sets Aside Proposal on Married Priests

The decision, in a letter on Catholic life in remote Amazon areas, is a victory for conservative forces who had warned that change there would put the church on a slippery slope. By Jason Horowitz and Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, February 12, 2020 VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has... read more
Cardinal Schönborn (Vienna)

Cardinal Schönborn: I Haven’t Read About Criticisms of the Synod

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