AC Wimmer

AC Wimmer is the News Editor for Europe and Asia at EWTN News. The multilingual Australian, raised in Bavaria and South Africa, served as editor-in-chief of several news media outlets. A graduate in Philosophy and Chinese Studies from the University of Melbourne, the veteran journalist is a former Honorary Research Fellow in Communications at his alma mater and served on the Board of Caritas in Munich.

Cardinal Reinhard Marx speaks at a press conference in Munich, Germany, Jan. 27, 2022. / Credit: Screenshot from erzbistum-muenchen.de

German Bishops Urge Stability amid Political Turmoil Following Government Collapse

Cardinal Reinhard Marx and other Catholic voices are calling for calm, emphasizing stability and social cohesion as the German coalition...

Pope Francis prays at the “Garden of Angels” section of the Laurentino Cemetery in Rome on All Souls’ Day, Nov. 2, 2024. / Vatican Media

Pope Francis Prays in Cemetery for Unborn Children on All Souls’ Day

Upon arrival, Francis laid white roses on a memorial stone marking the Garden of Angels and silently prayed for several...

Pope Francis speaks at a Mass and canonization of 14 new saints in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024 / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Synod on Synodality Concludes, Pope Francis Not to Issue Postsynodal Apostolic Exhortation

Follow EWTN News’ live coverage of the 2024 Synod on Synodality at the Vatican. Get real-time updates, expert analysis, and...

Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, speaks during a press conference about a new Vatican document on human dignity on April 8, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Synod on Synodality: Vatican's Doctrine of the Faith Prefect Promises Follow-up Meeting after Controversial Absence

Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), has reportedly apologized for...

Father Timothy Radcliffe told the Synod on Synodality delegates that the time before the 2024 assembly “will be probably the most fertile time of the whole synod, the time of germination.” / Credit: Vatican Media

Ahead of Synod Session, Dominican and Jesuit Publish on Catholics Identifying as LGBTQ

Father Timothy Radcliffe and Father James Martin weigh in on same-sex attraction before the synod.

Catholic Leaders Join French Bishops in Condemning Last Supper Scene at Paris Olympics Opening

The opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics has sparked global controversy among Catholic leaders for its parody of Leonardo...

Firefighters Quell Blaze at French Cathedral

Rouen Mayor Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol confirmed the incident on social media, sharing an image showing smoke rising from the cathedral’s spire.

The Catholic Cathedral of Limburg in Hesse, Germany. / Credit: Mylius via Wikimedia (GFDL 1.2)

400,000 Germans Quit Catholic Church as Talks between Vatican, Synodal Way Continue

The meeting on Friday resulted in Rome demanding the Germans change the name of the body and agree it cannot...

Archbishop Carlo Vigano. / Credit: Edward Pentin/National Catholic Register

Former U.S. nuncio Viganò to undergo Church trial for schism, rejecting Pope Francis

“I have been summoned to the Palace of the Holy Office on June 20, in person or represented by a...

The cross of the German “Synodal Way.” / Credit: Maximilian von Lachner / Synodaler Weg

German Catholics Write Letter to Rome Over Synodal Way, Warn of "serious scandal"

A Catholic committee has turned to the Vatican in an attempt to avoid a permanent Synodal Council to oversee the...

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, the relator general of the 16th Annual General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Member of the Council of Cardinals Urges Caution, Dialogue on Women’s Ordination

The cardinal said the prohibition against ordaining women was “not an infallible doctrinal decision” and could be changed over time...

Bishop Georg Bätzing addresses journalists on Sept. 28, 2023. / Credit: Martin Rothweiler/EWTN Germany

Germany Now a "mission country": German Bishops’ Conference President amid Declining Catholic Numbers

The president of the German Bishops’ Conference has called Germany — a nation whose history is entangled with the Catholic...

From Australia to the Vatican: "Aboriginal Mass" Seeks Official Recognition

The liturgy has been celebrated for over 50 years in the Diocese of Broome, where some 13,000 Catholics live in...

Pope Benedict XVI on April 21, 2007, in Vigevano, Italy. / Credit: miqu77/Shutterstock

Pope Benedict’s Pectoral Cross Still Missing as Thief Faces Prison Sentence

Addressing the court, the defendant said he knew that he did not appear credible but promised that the cross “would...

Pope Francis speaks at the Vatican's Chrism Mass on Holy Thursday, March 28, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Francis Expresses Sorrow as Sydney Knife Attack Shocks Australia

“Pope Francis was deeply saddened to learn of the violent attack in Sydney, and he sends the assurance of his...

View of the Vatican from the Tiber / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Synodal Standoff: German Bishops and Vatican Commit to Resolution Roadmap

The Vatican and the German bishops have announced they will work together to resolve the controversial German Synodal Way.

German bishops in Rome on Nov. 17, 2022. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

German Bishops to Discuss Synodal Way with Vatican amid Controversy

A delegation of German bishops is expected in Rome this Friday for talks with the Vatican about the German Synodal...

An illustration of the topic of Thomas Aquinas and AI created by DALL-E, a text-to-image model native to ChatGPT. | Credit: DALL-E/OpenAI

What would Thomas Aquinas make of Artificial Intelligence?

According to one German theologian, the Catholic saint and doctor of the Church can contribute to contemporary discussions about AI’s...

German Catholics Ask Bishops to Reconsider Synodal Way Plans

Ahead of a high-stakes gathering of the German bishops next Monday, a lay group warned the prelates of moving “further...

Critics Challenge German Synodal Way in Light of Abuse Study

A new study looking at survivors of abuse within the Evangelical Church in Germany calls into doubt the narrative that...