Pope Francis puts Archbishop Gänswein on leave: report
German newspaper Die Tagespost reports that Pope Benedict's secretary has been placed on leave after the controversy over the celibacy book.
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Articles tagged Pope Benedict Xvi
Cdl Sarah: I just met with Benedict over priestly celibacy book, no ‘misunderstanding between us’
'I left very happy, full of peace and courage from this lovely meeting,' said Cardinal Robert Sarah.
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Cardinal Müller: Benedict XVI could not keep silent because he saw the ‘danger’
‘The Catholic priesthood is at stake.’
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Abp Viganò denounces Benedict’s secretary for ‘abusive and systematic control’ of Pope Emeritus
'Gänswein,' Viganò claims, 'habitually filtered information, arrogating to himself the right to judge how opportune or not it was to send it to the Holy Father.'
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Pope Benedict’s publisher stands by listing him as co-author on new book defending priestly celibacy
Cardinal Sarah and Pope Benedict have come under sharp attack since news of the book surfaced.
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Controversial Netflix ‘Two Popes’ film nominated for three Oscar awards
Jonathan Pryce, who plays Pope Francis, is in the running for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
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Critics of Pope Benedict furious over news of new book
One professor suggested there ought to be a law restraining Pope Benedict.
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The Church needs good, holy shepherds to seek out the world’s lost sheep
December 23, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — “The Lord entered her and became a servant; the Word entered her, and became silent within her; thunder entered her and his voice was still; the Shepherd of all entered her; he became a Lamb in her, and came forth bleating.” Thus writes St. Ephrem the Syrian, a deacon and Doctor of the Church, in his Hymns on the Nativity. The Eastern Orthodox English composer John Tavener (1944–2013) set this text powerfully to music in his 1990 choral work Thunder Entered Her. St. Ephrem helps himself freely to the paradoxes of the great feast we […]
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Papal interviewer: ‘So many bishops’ disagree with Francis but are ‘afraid’ to say so
'The Church is not of Bergoglio or of the bishops,' said Vittorio Messoni, who interviewed John Paul II and Benedict XVI, 'but only of Christ.'
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Brazilian bishop: Pope Benedict XVI opened path to women’s diaconate
Bishop Evaristo Pascoal Spengler argued that a change the retired pontiff made to the Code of Canon Law can be used to argue for women's 'ordination' to the diaconate.
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