Cardinal Gerhard Muller Archives - Page 4 of 8

Latin Mass fans celebrate 10-year anniversary, without pope
- Sep 14, 2017
At a conference Thursday marking the 10th anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI’s decree liberalizing use of the Latin Mass, the meeting organizer, Father Vincenzo Nuara, didn’t even mention Francis in his opening remarks. The current pope was mentioned in passing by the second speaker, and ignored entirely by the third.

By Nicole Winfield
Ex-Vatican doctrine chief says Church did what it could on German abuse scandal
- Jul 20, 2017
Cardinal Gerhard Müller, until recently the head of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, spoke about a recent report that found 547 former members of the Regensburg Domspatzen boys choir were abused, including 67 cases of sexual violence. As former diocesan archbishop, he began the investigations into the allegations, which first surfaced in 2010.

By Inés San Martín
Pope Francis appoints Italian Biblicist as deputy of doctrinal congregation
- Jul 18, 2017
Monsignor Giacomo Morandi, 51, is the new second in command at the Pontifical Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Pope Francis appointed the Italian Biblicist with ties to the Gregorian University in Rome after the former deputy of the congregation, Archbishop Luis Ladaria Ferrer, was made prefect of the congregation.

By Crux Staff

Hundreds of boys abused in choir once run by Georg Ratzinger

Jul 18, 2017

Allegations involving the Domspatzen choir in Regensburg, which was run for 30 years by Benedict’s elder brother, Monsignor Georg Ratzinger, were among a spate of revelations of abuse by Catholic clergy in Germany that emerged in 2010. A new report investigating the abuse counted 500 cases of physical violence and 67 of sexual violence, committed by a total of 49 perpetrators.

By Geir Moulson

Former doctrine chief denies false account of papal meeting

Jul 13, 2017

Cardinal Gerhard Müller has denied claims that, before informing him that his term as head of the Vatican’s doctrine office would not be renewed, Pope Francis asked him his stance on women’s ordination to the diaconate and priesthood, the repeal of celibacy, the exhortation on the family Amoris Laetitia and the dismissal of three employees.

By Junno Arocho Esteves