Paul Josef Cordes

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Paul Josef Cardinal Cordes at the Liborifest 2008 in Paderborn
Coat of arms of Paul Josef Cardinal Cordes

Paul Josef Cardinal Cordes (born September 5, 1934 in Kirchhundem , Olpe district ) is a retired German Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

Cordes studied after graduating from high school in 1955 at Rivius Gymnasium Attendorn first human medicine at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster . There he joined the Catholic student association KDSt.V. Sauerlandia Münster in the CV . After a few semesters he switched to the Philosophical-Theological Faculty in Paderborn . There he also became a member of the KDSt.V. Guestfalo-Silesia Paderborn . On December 21, 1961, Cordes received the sacrament of ordination through Archbishop Lorenz Jaeger in Paderborn . After various tasks in the church service, he resumed studying theology and in 1971 was sent to Karl Lehmann in Mainz with the work Sendung zum Dienst - exegetical, historical and systematic studies on the Council decree “On the service and life of priests” at the Catholic theological faculty of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is doing his doctorate . In the following year 1972, Cordes took over the duties of a consultant for pastoral questions and a secretary of the pastoral commission in the secretariat of the German Bishops' Conference .

In 1975, Cordes was appointed by Pope Paul VI. appointed titular bishop of Naissus and auxiliary bishop in Paderborn. He received the episcopal ordination on February 1, 1976 by the Archbishop of Paderborn at the time, Johannes Joachim Degenhardt . Co- consecrators were the Paderborn auxiliary bishops Paul Nordhues and Paul-Werner Scheele . Cordes has been honorary canon of the Paderborn Metropolitan Chapter since 1980 .

Pope John Paul II appointed Paul Josef Cordes on March 11, 1980 as Vice-President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity . When he started working in the service of the Holy See , he received the Vatican citizenship , which is function-related and is usually limited to the duration of the function in the Vatican. Since it can in principle be cumulated, it is acquired in addition to an existing one.

He held his first office in the Curia until December 2, 1995, when he was appointed titular archbishop of Naissus pro hac vice and president of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” . After the death of Pope John Paul II, Cordes was taken over by Benedict XVI. confirmed in office on April 21, 2005.

On November 24, 2007, Benedict XVI took him. as a cardinal deacon with the title deaconry San Lorenzo in Piscibus in the cardinals college .

Benedict XVI accepted his resignation due to reasons of age. on October 7, 2010.

From March 12, 2013 to March 13, 2013 Paul Josef Cardinal Cordes participated in the conclave to elect a new Pope to succeed Benedict XVI. part, from which Jorge Mario Bergoglio emerged as Pope.

On 19 May 2018 he was retaining his title as Diaconia titular church pro hac vice to Cardinal priests appointed.

honors and awards

In 2000, Fu Jen Catholic University in Taipei awarded Cordes an honorary doctorate. On February 1, 2006, the German Ambassador to the Holy See presented him with the Great Cross of Merit with Star of the Federal Republic of Germany in the Vatican . Federal President Horst Köhler honored Cordes' outstanding commitment and his endeavors in international humanitarian missions and international understanding and interreligious cooperation. On December 4, 2006, the city of Trier announced the award of the Oswald-von-Nell-Breuning Prize for 2007 to Cordes (on behalf of Cor Unum ). On the decision of the council of the Kirchhundem parish of December 13, 2007, Paul Josef Cardinal Cordes was granted honorary citizenship on April 27, 2008 .

Cordes has received honorary doctorates from Seton Hall University (2008), the Catholic University of Lublin John Paul II (2009) and the Pontifical and Royal University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Manila (2009).

Publications

Cordes became known to a wider public through his investigation into the role of fathers in modern society: The lost fathers - an emergency call. Freiburg (Herder) 2002.

Cordes analyzes family structure , marriage law and father role and, taking psychological studies into account, comes to the conclusion that the “corrections” of male identity have devastating effects on the mental health of men, children and partner relationships.

Particularly explosive and controversial is Cordes' presentation of the possible relationship between the role of a father, the willingness of fathers to use violence, right-wing extremism among young people, eating disorders and clinical depression in girls: "'Women-centered families' trigger ... violent, demonstrative masculinity among young people" (p. 31) ,

Cordes therefore calls for a return to a religiously based understanding of the roles of men and fathers.

The role of the man is determined by the detachment from the woman or mother . “The boy must learn not to become a woman” (p. 32).

The role of the father is to “unmix” the relationship between the child and the mother (p. 25): “It is ultimately only through the intervening of the father that a mother becomes a you for her child. Otherwise it forms an indissoluble cocoon with the child and prevents it from becoming independent and approaching reality. ”(P. 25) Following Erik Erikson , Cordes emphasizes the irreplaceability of the father for the development of an identity and the creation of the Self-esteem of the child: “'There is something that only a father can do: only he can compensate for the threatening dominance of his appearance through the guardianship of his leading, guiding voice.'” (P. 50, quote from Eikson's Luther study, p. 134 )

The main part of the presentation, however, deals with the religious foundation of the father role. In contrast to Islam and Judaism , Cordes works out the father image of the trinitarian concept of God and shows that behind the father role in the family the Christian understanding of God must stand in order to provide orientation and at the same time to open the horizon to the transcendental meaning of human life. Thus, fatherly love (in its two meanings) is always at the same time “love of God”.

Its demarcation from Islam is explosive when, indirectly (in an appeal to John Henry Newman ), theologians are assigned excommunication if they identify the Islamic God with the Christian one and recognize Islam as a revelation (probably an allusion to Hans Küng ) ( P. 170f, note 82, on p. 140).

For the publication Helpers don't fall from the sky. Caritas and Spirituality , which Jürgen Rüttgers and Franz Müntefering presented to the public in Berlin in 2008, writes Pope Benedict XVI. In the preface: “I am pleased that Cardinal Cordes is taking up and developing the impulse with great energy that I tried to initiate with my encyclical Deus caritas est . As part of this effort, I applaud his book Helpers Don't Fall From Heaven. Caritas and Spirituality , in which it is shown from many sides what is contained in the basic word Caritas (love) . So I wish you attentive listening to the book, which penetrates the heart and, beyond listening and reading, leads to doing love and to deeper fellowship with Jesus Christ. "

Defeat evil with good. Limits of Psychology and the Power of Faith , Augsburg (Sankt Ulrich Verlag) 2009. In a review of the FAZ in 2009 it says: “Not so long ago one would have considered such a book to be apolitical and highly out of date. [...] Perhaps it took the shock of a global financial and economic crisis in western societies to understand correctly the first sentence of Cardinal Cordes' book: 'Nobody will deny that we are fascinated by evil.' Or another: 'The cruel malice of our contemporaries makes us wake up again and again in shock.' Why 'the evil', why 'the wickedness' would have been asked innocently recently and with nimble explanations (supposedly) disposed of the matter in the same way as bad loans. "

Memberships

Paul Josef Cardinal Cordes is a member of the following dicasteries and commissions of the Roman Curia :

Fonts

  • Paul Josef Cordes: Don't quench the mind. Charisms and new evangelization . Herder, Freiburg 1990, ISBN 3-451-22094-6 .
  • Paul Josef Cordes: The lost fathers. An emergency call . Herder, Freiburg 2002, ISBN 3-451-27786-7 .
  • Review by Manfred Hermanns on Paul Josef Cordes: Do not extinguish the spirit , Freiburg 1990. In: Karl Hugo Breuer (Ed.): Yearbook for Youth Social Work , Vol. XII, Cologne 1991, pp. 342-344, ISSN  0721-6084 .
  • Paul Josef Cordes (Ed.): Helpers don't fall from the sky. Caritas and Spirituality . Herder, Freiburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-451-29870-7 .
  • Paul Josef Cordes: Defeat Evil With Good. Limits of Psychology and the Power of Belief . Sankt Ulrich Verlag, Augsburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86744-088-2 .
  • with Manfred Lütz : Benedict's legacy and Francis' commission. De-worldization. A dispute . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2013, ISBN 978-3-451-21977-1 .
  • Paul Josef Cordes: Three Popes. My life . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2014, ISBN 978-3-451-33519-8 .
  • Paul Josef Cardinal Cordes: Your face, God, I am looking for . Media, Illertissen 2017. ISBN 978-3-9454013-6-1 .

literature

Web links

 Wikinews: Paul Josef Cordes  - in the news

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rinuncia del Presidente del Pontificio Consiglio "Cor Unum". In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , October 7, 2010, accessed February 15, 2016 (Italian).
  2. ^ Concistoro per il voto su alcune Cause di Canonizzazione. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, May 19, 2018, accessed May 21, 2018 (Italian).
  3. ↑ Heinz-Joachim Fischer: Evil - not just a system failure . In: FAZ . April 11, 2009, p. 10 ( faz.net [accessed February 15, 2016]).
  4. ↑ a b c d Nomina di Cardinali Membri dei Dicasteri della Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 12, 2008, accessed February 15, 2016 (Italian).
  5. ^ Conferme nella Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, December 19, 2013, accessed February 15, 2016 (Italian).
  6. ↑ nouns di Membri e nella conferme Congregation for the Clergy. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 9, 2014, accessed February 15, 2016 (Italian).
  7. ^ Nomina di Membro della Congregazione per i Vescovi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, November 18, 2010, accessed February 15, 2016 (Italian).


predecessor Office successor
Roger Cardinal Etchegaray President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
1995–2010 		Robert Cardinal Sarah
personal data
SURNAME Cordes, Paul Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cordes, Paul Josef Cardinal (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cardinal
DATE OF BIRTH September 5, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirchhundem