German Bishops’ Website: Considering Cardinal Kasper as a “Pope Maker”
Cardinal Walter Kasper is turning 85. On this occasion, Katholisch.de, the news site of the German bishops quotes Anette Schavan – the German Ambassador to the Holy See – who once described Kasper in his presence as “pope maker.” To which tribute he modestly demurred. In a 5 March article, Thomas Jansen, the editor-in-chief of…