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Vatican backs Cardinal Woelki over abuse study contracts

May 3, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne. / Archdiocese of Cologne/Reiner Diart.

Cologne, Germany, May 3, 2022 / 07:15 am (CNA).
The Vatican has ruled that the German Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki did not breach canon law when awarding contracts … […]

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Vatican summit on ‘theology of the priesthood’ will look at questions raised in recent synods

April 12, 2021 CNA Daily News 7

Vatican City, Apr 12, 2021 / 07:00 am America/Denver (CNA). Cardinal Marc Ouellet announced Monday that the Vatican will host a theological symposium on the priesthood that will touch on questions raised in recent synods, […]

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Cardinal Tobin appointed member of Vatican’s Congregation for Bishops

March 4, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Vatican City, Mar 4, 2021 / 10:00 am (CNA).- Pope Francis on Thursday appointed the archbishop of Newark, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, a member of the Congregation for Bishops.

Pope Francis also named Cardinal Sérgio da Rocha, archbishop of S&at… […]

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Synods and Sausages: Making a mess in Germany

September 13, 2019 Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille 45

The so-called synodal assembly being concocted by Catholics in Germany has emerged with a covert agenda so cynical that even its sharpest critics have missed it. This meeting is shaping up to be a debacle […]

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