Cardinal Georges Cottier, former theologian of the papal household, pictured with St. John Paul II in 2003, died March 31 at the age of 93. (CNS/Filippo Monteforte, EPA) See OBIT-COTTIER April 1, 2016 ...

The Swiss Cardinal Georges Marie Cottier died on Thursday night at a hospital in Rome. He was 93-years-old. This philosopher and theologian of great prestige was of the order of the Dominicans and ...

One of the strengths of the Church is her global perspective. In that light, Cardinal Georges Cottier’s recent essay on President Barack Obama (“Politics, morality and original sin,” 30 Days, No. 5), ...

A week before President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet Pope Benedict XVI, praise for Obama came from a perhaps unexpected source: the former theologian of the papal household under Pope John Paul ...

A senior Vatican official has supported the use of condoms to fight Africa's Aids pandemic, contradicting the Catholic church's official position. Cardinal Georges Cottier, theologian of the ...

A senior Vatican cardinal has joined the growing number of influential Catholic Church figures questioning the official Vatican ban on condom use. Cardinal Georges Cottier is one of Pope John Paul ...