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synod of bishops translation twitter vaticanum ii wim cardinal eijk june 2026 s m t w t f s 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 jan in caelo et in terra on twitter my tweets another crisis thoughts on pope versus pope there is an enormous crisis in the catholic church does it have to do with sexual abuse or something equally terrible no far worse pope francis is being sneakily attacked by his predecessor obviously the entire foundation of the catholic church is being rocked by this this if more than a few vatican watchers and commentators on social media are to be believed what happened today the upcoming publication of a book was announced a study of the priesthood amid the challenges of today co authored by cardinal robert sarah and pope emeritus benedict xvi each contributing a chapter both men underline the value of mandatory priestly celibacy and urge pope francis not to make it optional for priest in specific parts of the world i won t go into the theological reasoning here as i don t know enough about that to make a meaningful contribution but that s not the point of my blog post really much of the debate revolves around this fact that the cardinal and pope emeritus have stated their thoughts about mandatory celibacy and don t think there should be exceptions critics of the book claim that that is contrary to what pope francis wants and so this book must be an attack against him upon his retirement the pope emeritus said he wanted to spend the remainder of his life in prayer and solitude now that he has made a publication his critics call him out for breaking his promise to remain hidden and quiet but the pope emeritus remains a private person with all his rights and he is not bound by any law that should keep him quiet he is free to state his thoughts and this in itself should never be understood as an attack against anyone to do so is dishonest and to be fair fantastical the problems that too many commentators have with the book which is yet to be published revolve around the idea that pope francis is open to relaxing the rules surrounding priestly celibacy this contrary to his own statements that he is not rather it was the presumed majority of synod fathers in the latest synod of bishops assembly on the amazon who pushed for the option that certain married men be ordained in areas where priests are largely absent in his closing remarks pope francis said nothing on the topic and he is yet to issue any decisions on the matter i found it striking that the vast majority of critical comments against the thoughts of pope emeritus benedict xvi and cardinal sarah seem to carry an undertone of imagined rivalry good pope francis against sneaky pope emeritus and cardinal this despite the fact that the foreword to their book emphasis fidelity to pope francis and nothing in past actions and publications presents any evidence to the contrary although to proponents of imagined rivalry it does in recent years an unhealthy development has taken place strictly contrary to the synodality advocated by pope francis whatever form that may ultimately take any real or imagined criticism against pope francis words writings or actions must be automatically denounced and shut down and the some goes for the persons doing the criticising and often there is no criticism at all asking questions is not criticism and neither is the deeper exploration of ideas and practices pope francis is the pope he not only deserves our obedience but we must also assume his good intentions that s normal but that s something different from frantically attacking anything that may possible be seen as an affront or critique but that is what is happening it does a disservice to both pope francis and to those who are forced into opposition against him by media and commentators who cling to a simplistic world view of good versus evil conservative versus liberal pope francis is neither and nor is the pope emeritus or cardinal sarah reality is not black and white and our faith and church allows for different approaches thoughts and ideas agree or disagree with pope francis or with the pope emeritus fine but let s do ourselves our readers and the leaders of our church the courtesy of taking them seriously posted on january 13 2020 categories reflections tags celibacy media pope benedict xvi pope francis priesthood robert cardinal sarah social media luxembourg in an international sea of red hats a joyful photograph reflecting the historical changes at the top of the archdiocese of luxembourg last week bishop leo wagener left became the archdiocese s first auxiliary bishop and yesterday archbishop jean claude hollerich right was created the first cardinal in the country s history cardinal hollerich who also leads the commision of the bishops conferences of the european community comece consecrated bishop wagener on 29th september the latter s appointment is undoubtedly related to cardinal hollerich s european duties while the red hat is at least in part a sign of support for the catholic community in the small grand duchy the developments of the last week were certainly momentous as of yesterday each country in the benelux has its own resident cardinal willem eijk of utrecht jozef de kesel of mechelen brussels and now jean claude hollerich of luxembourg the latter two were created by pope francis while cardinal eijk s red hat was given to him by pope benedict xvi cardinal hollerich was one of 13 cardinals created yesterday the college of cardinals now has 225 members of which 128 are under the age of 80 and will thus have duties in rome and can take part in a conclave for the election of a new pope the newest cardinals with their title churches are miguel ángel ayuso guixot cardinal deacon of san girolamo dela carità josé tolentino calaça de mendonça cardinal deacon of santi domenico e sisto ignatius suharyo hardjoatmodjo cardinal priest of spirito santo alla ferratella juan de la caridad garcía rodríguez cardinal priest of santi aquila e priscilla fridolin ambongo besungu cardinal priest of san gabriele arcangelo all acqua traversa jean claude hollerich cardinal priest of san giovanni crisostomo a monte sacro alto álvaro leonel ramazzini imeri cardinal priest of san giovanni evangelista a spinaceto matteo maria zuppi cardinal priest of sant egidio cristóbal lópez romero cardinal priest of san leone i michael czerny cardinal deacon of san michele arcangelo michael louis fitzgerald cardinal deacon of santa maria in portico sigitas tamkevicius cardinal priest of sant angela merici eugenio dal corso cardinal priest of sant anastasia in the past there has been no hesitation to create new cardinal titles despite the availability of existing ones but this time around only one new title church has been added sant egidio for cardinal zuppi a sensible choice as the cardinal is a member of the movement with the same name other notable titles given are sant anastasia for cardinal dal corso until this year the title of cardinal godfried danneels and santi aquila e priscilla cardinal garcía rodríguez is the archbishop of havana and the previous holder of the title church was his predecessor in the cuban capital cardinal hollerich s title church was most recently held by cardinal josé pimiento de rodriguez for a while the oldest cardinal in the world considering pope francis habit of choosing cardinals from the peripheries from countries with small catholic communities or on the fringes of global affairs the list of nationalities of cardinals has become a lenghty one most cardinals are the only ones from their country while others have a fair number of countrymen in the college of cardinals starting with the countries with the largest number of cardinals the list is as follows italy 42 cardinals spain united states 14 brazil 10 germany 8 france mexico poland 6 portugal 5 argentina canada india 4 chile nigeria philippines 3 angola australia colombia congo kinshasa hong kong indonesia lithuania netherlands new zealand peru south korea switzerland thailand united kingdom venezuela vietnam 2 albania austria bangladesh belgium bolivia bosnia and herzegovina burkina faso cameroon cape verde central african republic côte d ivoire croatia cuba czech republic dominican republic ecuador egypt el salvador ethiopia ghana guatemala guinea haiti honduras hungary iraq ireland japan kenya laos latvia lebanon lesotho luxembourg madagascar malaysia mali malta mauritius morocco mozambique myanmar nicaragua pakistan panama papua new guinea romania saint lucia senegal slovakia slovenia sri lanka south africa sudan sweden tanzania tonga uganda ukraine uruguay 1 so the italian influence in the college of cardinals is still great as is that of europe in general but this is balanced in the first place by the cardinals from north and south america but also by the increasing number of far flung countries from the caribbean to the pacific pope francis aims to make the college of cardinals which not only elects his successor but also works with him in the roman curia for the global church to be a reflection of that world with today s consistory he has taken another step in that direction photo credit église catholique à luxembourg kathoulesch kierch zu lëtzebuerg posted on october 6 2019 categories from rome world church tags alvaro cardinal ramazzini imeri archdiocese of havana archdiocese of luxembourg benelux bishop leo wagener college of cardinals commission of the bishops conference of the european community conclave consistory cristóbal cardinal lópez romero curia eugenio cardinal dal corso fridolin cardinal ambongo besungu godfried cardinal danneels ignatius cardinal hardjoatmodjo jean claude cardinal hollerich josé cardinal de mondonca josé cardinal pimiento rodriguez jozef cardinal de kesel juan cardinal garcía rodríguez matteo cardinal zuppi michael cardinal czerny michael cardinal fitzgerald miguel cardinal ayuso guixot pope 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