Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna speaking to reporters at the Vatican, Oct. 21, 2019. (photo: Edward Pentin) Father Raymond J. de Souza Commentaries January 24, 2025 ...

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, OP, concluded his term as archbishop of Vienna, Austria, on Wednesday, his 80th birthday, when Pope Francis accepted his resignation.

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn (left) shakes hands with Father Josef Grünwidl, whom Pope Francis appointed as apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Vienna on Jan. 22, 2025. (photo: Stephan ...

The farewell Mass for Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, after almost 30 years as Archbishop of Vienna, turned into a national event with 4,000 guests where Austria’s President Alexander Van der ...

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn is arranging his succession. (Bild: APA/EXPA/Michael Gruber) We all know that the fisherman's shoes are big. But so are those of the Cardinal and Archbishop of Vienna.

Christoph Schönborn was born on January 22, 1945 as a descendant of the old Austrian noble family Schönborn in Skalken near Leitmeritz (Skalsko near Litoměřice) in what is now the Czech Republic.

I met Cardinal Christoph Schönborn. I think it was in 2004. We were in Rimini and I had the opportunity to talk to him for an hour. We talked about relativism, Europe, the cultural crisis.

Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna also pointed to the weakening of European Catholicism, saying the global south – Churches in Africa, Asia and Latin America – is becoming the ...

El cardenal Christoph Schoenborn emitió un comunicado el miércoles confirmando la revelación publicada en el libro del secretario personal del papa emérito, el arzobispo Georg Gaenswein, que ...

Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn issued a statement Wednesday confirming a revelation in a new book by Benedict’s personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, that was published soon after ...