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Essen Cathedral, Germany. / Public domain.
Bochum, Germany, Jun 10, 2021 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Three Catholics have submitted a “dubium” to the Vatican asking if the Church in Germany is in schism.The trio from the Diocese of Essen formally requeste.
Cardinal Walter Kasper has said that he is “very worried” about the “Synodal Path” advanced by the German bishops’ conference, and hopes that the prayers of the faithful will prevent a rupture within the Church.
Cardinal Walter Kasper. / CNA/Bohumil Petrik.
Passau, Germany, Jun 10, 2021 / 03:35 am (CNA).
An influential theologian considered to be close to Pope Francis has said that he is “very worried” about the German Catholic Church’s controversial “S.
Dispatch from the Dead Letter Office 05/18/2021 at 9:34 PM Posted by Kevin Edward White
THE MCCARRICK REPORT HOLDS NO ONE ACCOUNTABLE
By Pieter Vree, New Oxford Review, May 2021
In November 2020 the Vatican released its long-anticipated “Report on the Holy See’s Institutional Knowledge and Decision-Making Related to Former Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick.” It was immediately evident that something screwy was afoot. Consider the timing. Vatican insiders said the report had been completed some six months earlier and was gathering dust on Pope Francis’s desk through the spring, summer, and early fall. That prompted the
Los Angeles Times to ask, “What’s the Pope waiting for?” (July 27, 2020).