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Cardinal Robert Sarah

Cardinal Sarah Warns of Dangers of ‘Practical Atheism’ Even Within Church

Jun 17, 2024

More than 30 years ago, Pope St. John Paul II helped bring about the downfall of the Soviet Union, which had sought to impose its Communist atheism on his native Poland and the rest of the world.

Cardinal Robert Sarah speaks with students and faculty at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas on May 25, 2023. | Credit: Benedicte Cedergren/Angelicum

"We firmly and radically oppose a heresy": Guinean Cardinal on Fiducia Supplicans

Jan 8, 2024

“The freedom we must offer to people living in homosexual unions lies in the truth of the word of God,” Cardinal Robert Sarah wrote Jan. 6.

Left to right: German Cardinal Walter Brandmüller, Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah, Mexican Cardinal Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, American Cardinal Raymond Burke, and Chinese Cardinal Zen Ze-Kiun. | Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNA; Intermirifica.net; Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

The Five Cardinals Behind the Latest Dubia Issued to Pope Francis

Oct 2, 2023

The prelates, who also issued a “Notification to Christ’s Faithful,” hail from the diverse ecclesiastical landscapes of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

Statue of St. Peter in front of St. Peter's Basilica. | Credit: Vatican Media

Cardinals Send "dubia" to Pope Francis Ahead of Synod on Synodality

Oct 1, 2023

Five cardinals have sent a set of questions to Pope Francis to express their concerns and seek clarification on points of doctrine and discipline ahead of this week’s opening of the Synod on Synodality at the Vatican. 

Cardinal Robert Sarah offers Mass in St. Peter's Basilica for his 50th anniversary of priesthood in 2019. | Credit: Evandro Inetti/CNA.

No Synod Can Invent a "female priesthood": Vatican-based Guinean Cardinal

Jul 5, 2023

Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect emeritus of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, stressed that "the priesthood is unique" and warned that "no council, no synod" can "invent a female priesthood."

Cardinal Robert Sarah speaks alongside Father Guillermo Gutiérrez at the lecture at La Salle University in Mexico City on June 26, 2023. | Credit: La Salle University

Vatican-based Guinean Cardinal Offers Five Ways to Deal with “crisis of faith”

Jul 4, 2023

Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect emeritus of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, gave a keynote address June 26 at La Salle University in Mexico City on being “witnesses to the truth in a world in crisis.”

Cardinal Robert Sarah speaks with students and faculty at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas on May 25, 2023. | Credit: Benedicte Cedergren/Angelicum

“The more we know the Lord, the more we can love him”: Vatican-based Guinean Cardinal

Jun 1, 2023

Cardinal Robert Sarah urged students studying at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas to ask in prayer for “an intimate and profound union with the Lord and with one another.”

Cardinal Robert Sarah | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Guinean Cardinal Says "Religious liberty is under threat in the West, too"

Nov 27, 2022

Christians in the West should not take religious liberty and freedom of worship for granted, Cardinal Robert Sarah said in a recent interview with EWTN News.

Cardinal Robert Sarah celebrates Mass in St. Peter's Basilica Sept. 28, 2019. Evandro Inetti/CNA

In New Book, Vatican-based Guinean Cardinal Calls Catholic Priests to Spiritual Renewal

Nov 18, 2021

‘If priests, if society look to God, then I think things will change,’ he said.

Robert Cardinal Sarah, prefect-emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship, in Rome on Nov. 25, 2014. / Paul Badde.

Guinea Government Needs to “radically change”, Vatican-based Cardinal Says

Sep 26, 2021

The West African Republic of Guinea that is currently under military leadership following a coup earlier this month needs to “radically change”, a Vatican-based Cardinal has said in a recent letter.

Surgeon Domenico Veneziano with Cardinal Robert Sarah. Courtesy photo.

"I could feel his holiness": Surgeon Who Operated on Vatican-based Guinean Cardinal

Sep 25, 2021

Domenico Veneziano described the cardinal as “a very cultured and profound person.”

Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, in Rome on Nov. 25, 2014. Paul Badde.

UPDATE: Surgeon Provides Details on Cardinal Sarah's Robot-assisted Surgery

Jul 29, 2021

The 76-year-old cardinal's urological surgery was performed with the help of the da Vinci robot.

Cardinal Robert Sarah offers Mass in St. Peter's Basilica for his 50th anniversary of priesthood in 2019. / Credit: Evandro Inetti/CNA.

African Cardinal Asks Pope Francis to Reinstate Individual Masses at St. Peter’s Basilica

Mar 29, 2021

Robert Cardinal Sarah has asked Pope Francis to reinstate the celebration of private Masses at the side altars in St. Peter’s Basilica, after individual Masses were suspended earlier this month in favor of concelebration.

Pope Francis addresses participants in the plenary assembly of the Congregation for Divine Worship in the auletta of the Vatican's Paul VI Hall, Feb. 14, 2019. / Vatican Media.

Visitation at Vatican’s Liturgy Office Before Cardinal Sarah’s Successor Announced

Mar 17, 2021

An Italian bishop is carrying out a visitation at the Vatican’s liturgy office less than a month after Cardinal Robert Sarah resigned as prefect.

Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, in Rome on Nov. 25, 2014. / Paul Badde.

Cardinal Sarah Says He Has "never opposed the pope" in First Interview Since Stepping Down

Mar 10, 2021

Cardinal Robert Sarah said on Wednesday that claims that he and Pope Francis are enemies were false, in his first interview since stepping down from his Vatican post.

Cardinal Robert Sarah. Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNA.

Pope Francis Accepts Robert Cardinal Sarah's Resignation from Divine Worship Congregation

Feb 20, 2021

Pope Francis on Saturday accepted the resignation of Cardinal Robert Sarah as prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, in Rome on Nov. 25, 2014. Credit: Paul Badde.

Vatican Permits Priests to Say up to four Masses on Christmas Day

Dec 17, 2020

The Vatican’s liturgy congregation will permit priests to say up to four Masses on Christmas Day, the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God on Jan. 1, and Epiphany to accommodate more worshippers amid the pandemic.

Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, at the Vatican, Feb. 10, 2015. Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNA.

Cardinal Sarah Remains Head of Vatican Liturgy Department after 75th Birthday

Jun 19, 2020

Cardinal Robert Sarah said Wednesday he would continue to serve as prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship beyond his 75th birthday.

Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNA

Updated: Cardinal Sarah says he did not sign letter claiming coronavirus exploited for one-world government

May 9, 2020

The prefect of the Church’s dicastery for liturgy and sacraments is listed among the signers of an open letter that says the coronavirus pandemic has been exaggerated to foster widespread social panic and undercut freedom, as a preparation for the establishment of a one-world government.

Cardinal Robert Sarah. Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNA.

Coronavirus Victims Have 'inalienable right' to Priests' Help, Says Cardinal Sarah

Apr 9, 2020

In the coronavirus pandemic, the sick and dying cannot be denied the sacramental assistance of a priest, Cardinal Robert Sarah said in an interview published Thursday.