Cardinal Christoph Schönborn poses for selfie photos with people outside St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome, Sunday, April 27, 2025.

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn poses for selfie photos with people outside St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome, Sunday. (Photo: Bernat Armangue, Associated Press) ...

FILE – Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn attends a press conference to present the post-synodal apostolic exhortation ‘ Amoris Laetitia ‘ (The Joy of Love), at the Vatican, Friday, April 8, 2016.

Francis dismissed Benedict's secretary and several months later retired Sarah after he turned 75. Even Sarah's supporters lamented the episode hurt his papal chances. Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn ...

Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn attends a press conference April 8, 2016, to present the post-synodal apostolic exhortation “Amoris Laetitia” (The Joy of Love) at the Vatican.

Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn Schoenborn, 80, the archbishop of Vienna, Austria, was a student of Benedict’s, and thus on paper seems to have the doctrinaire academic chops to appeal to conservatives.

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna is seen during a thanksgiving Mass in Vienna's St. Stephen Cathedral Jan. 18, 2025. Church and state leaders in Austria praised the veteran cardinal, 80, on his ...

As befits his personality, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn also addressed the people directly in a video message on his farewell as Archbishop of Vienna: "The Church only works together, society ...

The group, called "Begegnung im Zentrum" ("Encounter in the Center"), is based in Vienna, Austria, and regularly meets at the residence of its archbishop, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn.