Cardinal Anders Arborelius Archives

Sweden’s approach to pandemic a risk to elderly, minorities, cardinal says

May 8, 2020

Unlike most countries, Sweden has chosen a more relaxed approach to preventing the spread of the coronavirus, sparking a debate on how governments should confront the deadly pandemic.

By Junno Arocho Esteves

Sweden’s top Catholic says pope can still sway immigration debate

Jul 12, 2018

Cardinal Anders Arborelius of Sweden discusses Pope Francis’s leadership in welcoming migrants and refugees in Europe.

By Christopher White

Catholics decry Swedish political party’s plan to close all religious schools

Mar 21, 2018

Catholic educators in Sweden have denounced a political party’s promise to ban all religious schools as a political maneuver capitalizing on people’s fears in order to obtain votes.

By Mary Rezac

Scandinavian bishops stress need for support

Mar 9, 2018

The strained relationship between church and state in Scandinavia was a leading issue at the forefront of the recent Nordic Bishops’ Conference general assembly in Turku, Finland.

By Catholic News Service

Sweden’s Catholic minority shows church can thrive in secular society

Dec 7, 2017

Even though it is one of the most secularized nations in the world, Sweden is one of the few countries in Europe where the Catholic Church is growing, said the country’s first cardinal.

By Carol Glatz

New Swedish cardinal says inter-communion with Lutherans ‘not possible’

Jun 30, 2017

Although newly minted Cardinal Anders Arborelius of Sweden is a convert from Lutheranism and believes in the press for closer ties with the Lutheran church, he’s also realistic about the present limits of that quest, saying that given different understandings of the real presence in the Eucharist, right now Lutherans and Catholics “cannot possibly celebrate together.”

By Jordi Picazo