VATICAN CITY (CNS) The prophecies and revelations of St. Bridget of Sweden, who lived in Rome for nearly 20 years until her death in 1373, were known for their direct reprimands to popes and princes alike, calling for an end to corruption and the start of reform within the Catholic Church. She was not afraid to deliver stern admonitions about the moral reform of the Christian people and the clergy themselves, St. John Paul II wrote in his 1999 apostolic letter proclaiming her co-patroness
Sweden's first cardinal reflected on the Aug. 27 consistory that saw the creation of 20 new cardinals of the Catholic Church. "It's a very typical consistory of Pope Francis because, as we see, he always picks people as someone said from nowhere," Cardinal Anders Arborelius of Stockholm told Catholic News Service Aug. 28. "But it's his policy to call people from all over the world whom you don't expect to be cardinals, in order to show the universality of the church."
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In a wide-ranging interview with Vatican News, the Bishop of Stockholm reacts to widespread riots over planned Quran burnings in Sweden, and discusses .
Cardinal Anders Arborelius of Stockholm spoke with Vatican News about riots that have shaken Sweden in recent days, after reports that an anti-Muslim group planned a public burning of the Qu’ran.