Cardinal Kurt Koch Archives

Archbishop Gänswein urges Pope Leo to end Latin Mass restrictions, restore Summorum Pontificum

The former personal secretary for Pope Benedict XVI said the Traditional Latin Mass can't be 'valid and valuable yesterday and then no longer valid tomorrow.'

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Antonino Cambria

• Dec 12, 2025Dec 15, 2025

Pope Leo warns German bishops not to silence faithful who fear speaking against Synodal Way

The Pontiff said he is aware that 'many' Catholics believe elements of the Synodal Way 'do not represent their own hope for the Church or their own way of living the Church.'

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Antonino Cambria

• Dec 3, 2025Dec 4, 2025

Cardinal Koch: It is ‘desirable’ for Pope Leo to lift restrictions on Latin Mass

Cardinal Kurt Koch suggested Pope Benedict XVI was right to preserve the Latin Mass, calling for a more liberal approach to the traditional liturgy under Pope Leo.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Aug 6, 2025Aug 6, 2025

These 8 cardinals may succeed Francis. Here’s what they believe

These eight cardinals are among those who have been identified as having a realistic possibility of being elected at the next conclave.

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LifeSiteNews staff

• Apr 23, 2025Apr 23, 2025

Pope Francis approves new document elevating ecumenism and synodality above papal primacy

The new ‘study document’ from the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Promotion of Christian Unity emphasizes an intimate link between papal primacy and synodality, advocating for decentralization, granting more authority at regional levels while enhancing ecumenism.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Jun 13, 2024Jun 13, 2024

Pope Francis, Archbishop of Canterbury lead ecumenical Vespers in papal basilica

Archbishop Justin Welby joined Francis on the altar at St. Paul's Outside the Walls and commissioned the assembled Anglican and Catholic prelates in pairings to return to their home nation to promote Christian unity.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Jan 25, 2024Jan 24, 2025

Swiss cardinal threatened for comparing Synodal Way with Protestantism in Nazi era, cancels event in Germany

Swiss Cardinal Kurt Koch received threatening messages after criticizing the highly controversial Synodal Way undertaken by the German Catholic bishops.

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Andreas Wailzer

• Oct 4, 2022

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Archbishop Gänswein urges Pope Leo to end Latin Mass restrictions, restore Summorum Pontificum

Pope Leo warns German bishops not to silence faithful who fear speaking against Synodal Way

Cardinal Koch: It is ‘desirable’ for Pope Leo to lift restrictions on Latin Mass

These 8 cardinals may succeed Francis. Here’s what they believe

Pope Francis approves new document elevating ecumenism and synodality above papal primacy

Pope Francis, Archbishop of Canterbury lead ecumenical Vespers in papal basilica

Swiss cardinal threatened for comparing Synodal Way with Protestantism in Nazi era, cancels event in Germany