- Georg Sterzinsky
infobox cardinalstyles
cardinal name=Georg Sterzinsky
dipstyle=His Eminence
offstyle=Your Eminence
relstyle=Monsignor
See=Berlin
deathstyle=|Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky (born
9 February 1936 ) is a German cardinal of theRoman Catholic Church andArchbishop of Berlin .Sterzinsky was born in
Warlack (earlier also Wurlacken, Warlaucken), LandkreisHeilsberg , in GermanEast Prussia . He lost his mother as a child and his family took refuge inThuringia , due to the expulsions following the end ofWorld War II ; his homeland ofWarmia is now withinPoland .Sterzinsky was ordained a priest in 1960. After serving as a parish priest for fifteen years, he became Vicar General to the
Bishop ofBerlin in 1981. In 1989, he himself was appointed Bishop of Berlin and, in 1994, while remaining at the See of Berlin, he was promoted to the position of Archbishop of Berlin.Sterzinsky was proclaimed a
Cardinal Priest of the Church in 1991. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selectedPope Benedict XVI .In November 2004, Sterzinksy criticized the notion of "
gay marriage ". He argued in a sermon that it could be necessary for Catholics to protest and resist gay marriage laws "die dem Gesetz Gottes widersprechen" ("that are contradictory to the laws ofGod ").External links
* [http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_sterzinsky_gm_en.html Bio] from the Vatican
* [http://www.donegalexpress.net/2005-04-15/georg-maximilian-cardinal-sterzinsky/ A brief discussion] of Sterzinksy and his chances of becoming Pope
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