Since his elevation, Swedish Cardinal Anders Arborelius has often been lauded for his level-headedness and is liked by both conservatives and progressives in his country. Tapped as "papabile" by many, he tells OSV News he doesn't like speculations about a future papacy.
The Scandinavian Bishops' Conference issued a pastoral letter on human sexuality on March 26 to Catholic members of the faithful of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland, in which they reaffirmed church teaching while condemning "unjust discrimination of any kind."
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Sweden's about-face in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic can give way to much-needed reflection and conversion in the country, said Cardinal Anders Arborelius of Stockholm.
"I think this is a time of conversion for Sweden," Cardinal Arborelius told Catholic News Service Jan