Maria 1.0: Dear Dr. Heimerl, thank you very much for taking the time for this interview. You recently signed the Reform Manifesto (see below for explanation). Could you perhaps first explain to our readers who you are and what you do? Dr. Heimerl: I come from an old Viennese family on my father's side, am a priest of the Archdiocese of Vienna, and pastoral assistance at St. Stephen's [...]

Thomas John Paprocki was ordained a priest in 1978 and appointed auxiliary bishop of Chicago by Pope John Paul II in 2003. Since 2010, he has been Bishop of the Diocese of Springfield in the State of Illinois in the United States of America. Maria 1.0: Before the pandemic, you participated in numerous marathons. Have sports always played a significant role in your life; how did [...]

Clemens Pickel is bishop of the Diocese of St. Clement in Saratov, which was erected by Pope John Paul II in 2002 and placed under the Archdiocese of Moscow as a suffragan diocese. He is also president of the Russian Bishops' Conference. Russia comprises four dioceses: the Archdiocese of Moscow, then the dioceses of Saratov, Irkutsk, and Novosibirsk. Bishop Pickel is also president of the [...]

The Archdiocese of Tokyo, the largest Japanese diocese, has maintained a diocesan partnership with the Archdiocese of Cologne since 1954 (https://www.erzbistum-koeln.de/kirche_vor_ort/weltkirche/gebets_und_hilfsgemeinschaft_tokyo-koeln/). It is remarkable that this diocesan partnership was established at a time when both countries were still suffering the consequences of the Second World [...]

When St. Pope John Paul II received him into the College of Cardinals on November 26, 1994, 49-year-old Vinko Puljić was the youngest cardinal. Today, Vinko Cardinal Puljić is the Archbishop of Vrhbosna (Sarajevo). The Archbishopric of Sarajevo has its origins in the 7th century. It was re-established as an episcopal see in 1881. The archdiocese is located in the east of the country and [...]