Speaking via video link in German, the cardinal rejected the notion that gender and bodily identity could be subject to radical change based on individual wishes and claims to freedom.

The Church formulated her doctrine of faith on Purgatory especially at the Councils of Florence and Trent. The tradition of the Church, by reference to certain texts of Scripture, speaks of a ...

In proclaiming the truths upheld by the Catholic Church, adherence to Scripture and Tradition is unquestioned. How does the church introduce necessary new elements at times without abandoning the old?

Many of us tend to stay within our own denomination for purposes of what we consider to be purity of doctrine.