Wilfrid Napier
South African cardinal calls US abortion rate ‘a genocide’ for blacks
By David Gibson — July 5, 2016
(RNS) Cardinal Wilfrid Napier, who rejected calls for the Catholic Church to apologize to gay people, tweeted about the number of abortions in the U.S. and added: “Isn't this something we should be apologizing for?”
Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards to speak at Georgetown University
By Adelle M. Banks — March 7, 2016
(RNS) The Cardinal Newman Society condemned plans for the speech, which it said features "a wicked woman who defends the sale of baby body parts.”
Pope Francis wants ‘absolute transparency’ as he pushes Vatican reform
By David Gibson — February 12, 2015
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The overhaul is taking longer than expected and is still encountering resistance. But Francis is gathering 150 cardinals in Rome for two days to press ahead.
Sparring continues as Catholic bishops prepare synod’s final report
By Josephine McKenna — October 17, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Even as work on the synod's final report continued, German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich put homosexuality back on the agenda telling reporters “exclusion” was not part of the Catholic Church.
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