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[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago

Good. One down. Please, Pope Francis, get rid of Cardinal Woelki next.

[-] Zomg@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Never heard is name before? What's his deal? I can just search his name but I'd figure I'd give anyone the chance to say something.

[-] Treczoks@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

He is the Cardinal of the archdiocese of Cologne in Germany. He made a seriously bad figure with regards to investigations intosexual abuse by priests and is a serious opponent of any change in the church.

There is an old contract between the church and the state in Germany. One provision in this contract is that priests in the archdiocese are only to be trained at Bonn University. He considered this "to worldly" and tried to set up a more conservative seminary from a number of funds designed for totally other purposes and in breach with this old contract that might put the whole role of the catholic church in German society into turmoil.

Many lay people but also members of the church want him gone ASAP. People turn their backs to him in church when he preaches. And thousands of people leave the catholic church primarily because of him.

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world -3 points 11 months ago

He’s a rapper, one of his famous songs is ‘Bitch I’m a Pope.’

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