Cardinal Robert Sarah Archives

Cardinal-watch: Maradiaga bashes Burke, as Benedict lauds Sarah
- Vatican
- May 19, 2017
While the coordinator of the pope’s ‘C9’ council of cardinal advisers has dismissed American Cardinal Raymond Burke as a ‘disappointed man’ upset with his loss of power, emeritus Pope Benedict XVI has defended Cardinal Robert Sarah of Guinea as someone with whom the Church’s liturgy is in “good hands.”
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Cardinal Sarah: True liturgy is a reflection of heaven
- Catholic News Agency, Global Church
- April 1, 2017
In a speech given to the 18th Cologne International Liturgical Conference, Cardinal Robert Sarah said both the ordinary and extraordinary forms of the liturgy should bring to the faithful “the beauty of the liturgy, its sacredness, the silence, the recollection, the mystical dimension, and adoration.”
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Africa’s dynamic church makes itself heard in Rome
- AfricaUND, Global Church
- March 21, 2017
A major conference titled “African Christian Theology: Memories and Mission for the 21st Century” is taking place in Rome this week, and among other things, its sprawling discussions may challenge Catholics elsewhere to rethink the usual binary categories of left v. right.
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Why an ‘African moment’ is unfolding in Catholicism

Because of demographics, the way that major global issues play out there, and the emergence of a new generation of Catholic leaders, Africa is destined to be where the Catholic future is forged in the early 21st century, meaning that an ‘African moment’ is upon the Church.

Thoughts on the Iowa Caucus of the Catholic Church

Although nobody believes there’s going to be a papal election anytime soon, the consistory taking place next month to create 17 new cardinals, 13 eligible to vote, is nevertheless the closest thing the Catholic Church has to the Iowa Caucus, when all the candidates are on display.

Vatican squelches rumors of new rules on Mass facing east

Vatican

July 11, 2016

Although the pope’s top official for liturgy recently suggested that priests should adopt the ad orientem posture for celebrating Mass beginning in Advent, meaning facing the east, a Vatican spokesman on Monday said that instructions recommending facing the people are not going to change.