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May 31, 2022

German Catholics discuss church reforms, war at 102nd Katholikentag

Cardinal Peter Turkson, chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, speaks about climate change in Stuttgart, Germany, May 27, 2022, during the 102nd Katholikentag, a regular festival and meeting place for German-speaking Catholic laity.

Peace, justice, climate justice, the war in the Ukraine and its global impact and the ongoing crisis in the German Catholic Church were some of the themes Catholic laity, bishops and politicians and activists discussed during the five-day 102nd German Katholikentag.

Published in International
August 1, 2018

Medieval reform, doctor of the Church, can help current sex abuse crisis, historian says

C. Colt Anderson, a theologian and expert on reformers in the Catholic Church, is pictured July 20. Anderson, who has studied 11th century church reformer St. Peter Damian, said that looking at how problems of abuse were handled in the past is relevant today.
VATICAN – A radical program of reform addressing the widespread problem of abusive clergy and negligent superiors in the 11th century holds some essential insights and lessons for the church today, a church historian has said.
Published in International