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Is the Nomination Withdrawn or Not?

Austria

Auxiliary bishop Gerhard Wagner of Linz who was recently appointed by Pope Benedict XVI has not yet signed a letter asking for his nomination to be withdrawn. Bishop Andreas Laun, Auxiliary of Salzburg, writes in a recent article that Father Wagner cannot be considered "unsuitable" to be a Bishop - and certainly not because of his declarations. Unusual for such a situation, the Vatican still did not make any comments on the issue nor was Wagners’s resignation confirmed.

German Curia Cardinal Criticizes Another German Cardinal

Germany

The turmoil caused by the removal of the Lefebvre-excommunications was a well-orchestrated poisoning of wells - and a serious failure of the German bishops, the German Curia Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes has stressed in the German Catholic newspaper ‘Tagespost'. For those distant from the Church, excommunication seems to be a banal exclusion from a club. In truth, the Cardinal stated, it is about being excluded from …