Renown reformer: 'Church has 5 years for a complete turnaround or it's over'

Christa Pongratz-Lippitt La Croix International
(March 7, 2019)

One of the world's most credible reform-minded Catholic priests has warned that time is running out for the Church to make major structural changes if its leaders want to save it from collapse.

"If the Church does not accomplish a turnaround shift within the next four or five years, then it's over," said Father Helmut Schüller, a former vicar general of the Archdiocese of Vienna, at a press conference on Feb. 27 in the Austrian capital. (read more)