Catholic Culture: Cardinals Raymond Burke and Walter Brandmüller have issued a public challenge to bishops to speak out about the current crisis in the Church. In an open message directed primarily to the presidents of the world’s episcopal conferences, who … Continue reading
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Cardinal Brandmüller: Homosexual Crisis Among Clergy and Hierarchy Is ‘Almost Epidemic’
L’Espresso, Sandro Magister: “The situation is comparable to that of the Church in the 11th and 12th century.” As an authoritative Church historian and as president of the pontifical committee of historical sciences from 1998 to 2009, Cardinal Walter Brandmüller, … Continue reading
Seven German Bishops Protest Bishops Conference’s Allowing Communion for Some Protestants
1Peter5, Maike Hickson: In the wake of the 4 April revelation that seven German bishops have turned to the Vatican in protest against the recent decision of the German Bishops’ Conference in favor of intercommunion for Protestant spouses of Catholic, Ulrich Ruh, a … Continue reading
Interview With Cardinal Brandmüller: On Luther, Amoris Laetitia, and No Salvation Without Catholic Faith
The Catholic World Report: At the end of a high-speed, “accelerated” year, here to “slow things down” is a conversation with the Church historian and theologian Walter Cardinal Brandmüller. I thank His Eminence for the time that he has generously … Continue reading
Cardinal Brandmüller Affirms Those Who Deny Christ’s Teaching on Marriage Are ‘Excommunicated’
1Peter5, Maike Hickson: One of the two remaining dubia cardinals, Cardinal Walter Brandmüller, has just given an interview to the prominent German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) which has been published today, 28 October. In this lengthy interview, the 88-year old German prelate explains once … Continue reading
Cardinal Brandmüller on the Need for Papal Professions of Faith
1Peter5, Maike Hickson: Cardinal Walter Brandmüller – the former president of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences and one of the four dubia cardinals – has just published an article in German (in Die Neue Ordnung, August issue) in which he discusses an old ecclesiastical tradition … Continue reading
Cardinal Brandmüller in Defense of Priestly Celibacy
The Wanderer, Maike Hickson: As reported on 31 August on OnePeterFive, the German lay organization Zentralkomittee der deutschen Katholiken (ZdK – Central Committee of German Catholics) has now proposed to slacken the demands for priestly celibacy in light of the decreasing … Continue reading
Cardinal Brandmuller Issues Strong Statement Before Publication of Amoris Laetitia
Maike Hickson, The Wanderer: Walter Brandmüller, a retired Curial Cardinal from Germany, published today, 6 April, on the Austrian Catholic website Kath.net a strong statement (http://www.kath.net/news/54713) in preparation for the upcoming Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis. He makes it clear … Continue reading
Dr. Maike Hickson’s Interview With Cardinal Brandmüller
LifeSiteNews: Cardinal Walter Brandmüller has been among the leading voices critical of proposals stemming from the Vatican’s Synod on the Family that risk subverting Catholic teaching on the sacraments and morality. He was one of five cardinals who contributed to … Continue reading
First in Four Decades: Pontifical High Traditional Latin Mass Offered From Main Altar in St. Peter’s
Catholic Culture: For the first time in over four decades, a solemn Pontifical Mass in the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite has been offered at the Altar of the Chair of St. Peter’s Basilica. Cardinal Walter Brandmüller, who served … Continue reading