Cardinal Grech said Cardinal Ratzinger was misunderstood in Rome, too, where, as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, he had a reputation of being rigid and inflexible. Pope ...

After pursuing further studies at both Oxford and Cambridge, Cardinal Grech returned to Rome, where he served as an expert at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and taught at several ...

When the Synod on Synodality was launched, few could have imagined the breadth of participation it would inspire, Cardinal ...

The Maltese cardinal, who was appointed to his present role in September 2020, said that the preparatory document recalled the Second Vatican Council’s desire to “return to the sources” of ...

In the aftermath of Pope Benedict XVI's forceful denunciation of gender theory in 2008 that sparked an uproar among LGBTQ activists, three openly gay Maltese citizens announced they were ...

VATICAN CITY — A Vatican cardinal has said that the Synod on Synodality is a process of discernment, not a sociological survey. “This synodal process is not sociological analysis of the Church, but it ...

In a homily in Prague’s St. Vitus Cathedral on Feb. 9, Cardinal Mario Grech noted that some have wrongly understood the synod as ‘a battle of the conservatives against the liberals.’ Four cardinals, ...

Pope Francis greets Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops, during a consistory for the creation of 13 new cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Nov. 28, 2020. (CNS ...

Cardinal Grech: Only the Holy Spirit Will ‘Hijack’ the Synod on Synodality At a press conference on Friday, the second stage of the worldwide process that began in October 2021 was introduced. It will ...

If Cardinal Mario Grech held nearly any office other than the one he does, his recent comments in favor of the female diaconate and against the need for “uniformity of thought” in the universal Church ...

Cardinal Mario Grech has asked Catholics around the world to pray a blessing and special intercessory prayers for the Synod on Synodality. Cardinal Grech, general secretary of the synod, sent a letter ...