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ROME — Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, president of the European Bishops’ Conferences (COMECE), has called on the European Union (E.U.) to accept Ukraine’s application for membership. The Ukrainian government applied for E.U. membership on February 28 of this year, Cardinal Hollerich notes in his May 9 statement, a request that “deserves a positive and realistic response.” “Ukraine, but also Moldova, Georgia, and all the other European countries, notably in the region of the Western Balkans, which have made the same request in the past, and have undertaken significant reforms, need a credible accession perspective,” the cardinal declares. The cardinal’s statement, which...

New Cardinal Touts Globalist Agenda 'A revolution is underway' ROME (ChurchMilitant.com) - A European cardinal is praising the radical German "synodal way" and its promotion of theologically radical feminism.  Werner Hoyer In a recent interview with katholisch.de, Cdl. Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J., of Luxembourg discussed his openness to "priestesses" while also touching on illegal foreign refugees and the effects of the COVID-19 closings on the future of the Church. Hollerich, president of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community (COMECE), is one of the most prominent cardinals in Europe.  Hollerich, who was appointed cardinal by Pope Francis in 2019, said he is "open" to women becoming "priestesses." "It is...

German theologian calls for female cardinals and preachers – based on Pope Francis’ teaching Well-known German Catholic theologian Thomas Schüller says that 'women should be in the future the primary and initial proclaimers of the Gospel. They are the true prophets' June 16, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Thomas Schüller, a well-known Catholic German theologian, claims that Pope Francis' post-synodal exhortation Querida Amazonia shows that the Pope wants to give women real “leadership positions” in the Church, and he proposes that “one should seriously reflect in a courageous manner about the cardinalate.”  In addition, this theologian even sees in this papal text...

[Catholic Caucus] Let Women be Cardinals if They are Ordained to the Diaconate, says Cardinal Hollerich Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich has advocated from the Amazon Synod in Rome for the appointment of women as cardinals of the Church.Hollerich, Archbishop of Luxembourg and President of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), told Argentinian paper La Nación before the vote on the Synod final document that he insisted in Synod meetings that “it would be good if there were some women cardinals if there are women deacons”. “Because I think that when one chooses the pope, women should...