Cardinal Paul Cordes addressed an open letter to his brother bishops that was published in a German-language newspaper. A Service of EWTN News, Inc.

German Cardinal Paul Cordes told the Register in an email interview that the Church in Germany is being secularized by a “theological virus” that “infects the Truth of the faith” but that ...

Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes published a letter earlier this month objecting to the pronouncements of prominent leaders of the Church in Germany that the nation's bishops' conference will pursue ...

Presiding at celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of the Marian apparitions of Lourdes, the president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, Cardinal Paul Joseph Cordes, lamented that modernity ...

Like Foley, Cordes was frequently mentioned as a candidate to become a cardinal over the last decade. Unlike Foley, however, Cordes has been elevated while remaining in his current position.

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A statement from the Holy See Press Office says that upon an invitation made by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes, President ...

Cardinal Cordes in India to "reflect upon charity" The president of the pontifical council "Cor Unum" has been in India since yesterday, at the invitation of the bishops.

FILE - Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re celebrates the funeral mass for late Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes in the Basilica of St. Peter at The Vatican, Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra ...

A German cardinal has publicly opposed the words of two other German bishops who have suggested that the nation’s Church can form its own policies without direction from Rome.

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re celebrates the funeral mass for late Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes in the Basilica of St. Peter at The Vatican, Monday, March 18, 2024.

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re celebrates the funeral mass for late Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes in the Basilica of St. Peter at The Vatican, Monday, March 18, 2024.