Gerhard Mueller
At the Catholic Church’s worldwide synod, the deacons are missing
By Phyllis Zagano — July 21, 2023
(RNS) — Many if not most Catholics think women deacons are called for.
Pope appoints bishop from his native Argentina to lead Vatican office that enforces church doctrine
By Frances D'emilio and Nicole Winfield — July 3, 2023
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Francis named Monsignor Victor Manuel Fernández, the archbishop of La Plata, Argentina, as the prefect, or chief, of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
German cardinal guards Benedict’s intellectual legacy
By Nicole Winfield — January 5, 2023
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Benedict entrusted his life’s theological works to Cardinal Gerhard Mueller, who has spent nearly two decades organizing them in a 16-volume, 25,000-page opus along the lines of Thomas Aquinas’ 'Summa Theologica.'
Pope decries divisions caused by old-school liturgy fans
By Frances D'emilio — May 8, 2022
ROME (AP) — Francis pressed his papacy’s battle against traditionalists, whose prominent members include some ultra-conservative cardinals.
Pope shakes up Vatican by replacing conservative doctrinal chief
By Yonat Shimron — July 1, 2017
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) Mueller, 69, who was appointed by former Pope Benedict in 2012, will be succeeded by the department's No. 2, Archbishop Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer.
Pope Francis may be about to dismiss Vatican’s doctrinal chief
By Josephine McKenna — June 30, 2017
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Mueller is one of several conservative cardinals who openly questioned the pope's position on divorced and remarried Catholics.
Top Vatican cardinal rejects abuse victim’s critique, denies opposing Pope Francis
By Josephine McKenna — March 6, 2017
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Cardinal Gerhard Mueller's remarks may only inflame a controversy that is complicating the pontiff's efforts to fight clergy sex abuse.
Vatican to Catholics: Cremation can be OK, but don’t scatter ashes!
By Josephine McKenna — October 25, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) New guidelines also forbid loved ones from dividing up the 'cremains' or keeping them in jewelry or on the mantelpiece.
Breaking silence, US nuns say Vatican probe cleared up confusion, reinforced their mission
By David Gibson — May 15, 2015
(RNS) After a monthlong media blackout, U.S. nuns are talking about the Vatican investigation that ended abruptly last month. Just don't call it a "win."
Liberation theology’s founder basks in a belated rehabilitation under Pope Francis
By David Gibson — May 7, 2015
NEW YORK (RNS) The Rev. Gustavo Gutierrez is in a sense the Yoda of Catholicism: a small but sage presence who has known vituperation and exile, and who is now able to see his life’s work vindicated.
TIMELINE: The long and contentious duel between Rome and American nuns
By David Gibson — April 16, 2015
(RNS) Starting in 2008, the Vatican wanted to make sure American nuns were toeing the line. That inquiry ended Thursday.
Vatican ends controversial investigation of US nuns with olive branch
By David Gibson — April 16, 2015
(RNS) The statement and final report seemed to represent a quiet and merciful end to what had been a noisy showdown between Rome and the nuns -- and one the Vatican never seemed likely to win.
The Vatican vs. the nuns: 3 takeaways from Tuesday’s report
By David Gibson — December 16, 2014
(RNS) The "War on Women" is over, and other conclusions from the Vatican investigation of women’s religious communities in the U.S.
7 lessons from the Vatican’s wild and crazy Synod on the Family
By David Gibson — October 20, 2014
(RNS) Pope Francis' Synod on the Family was more of an opening act than the final word on homosexuality, divorce and other methods of "living in sin."
US archbishop urges both sides to cool down at Vatican
By Josephine McKenna — October 15, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, stressed that a working document on family issues released on Monday (Oct. 13) is simply that -- a draft.
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