(CBSNews) Ever notice how Germans sounds so severe? The German language is very intense, full of harsh vowels and long, hard-sounding words. Now that doesn't make it bad, per se, just different than ...

The president of the German bishops' conference demanded an apology from a Swiss cardinal at the Vatican over comments that brought up Germany's Nazi past. Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the ...

A Vatican cardinal has defended himself against an accusation by the president of the German bishops’ conference, Bishop Georg Bätzing, of making a “totally unacceptable gaffe” over remarks regarding ...

Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, is pictured during an ecumenical service at the Basilica of St. Bartholomew in Rome April 25, 2021. (Credit: Paolo ...