As Advent dawns — a season meant not merely for candlelight and carols but for a renewed sharpening of the Christian soul — the Church once again turns her gaze toward the mystery of Christ’s coming. Few voices speak to this moment with the clarity and spiritual urgency of Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller. The former prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has long been one of the Church’s most incisive theological minds, unafraid to diagnose the deeper spiritual crises of our age and to call Catholics back to the foundations of Revelation.

In this wide-ranging conversation, Cardinal Müller reflects on the true nature of Advent as a time of purification and hope, offers counsel for resisting the noise of consumer culture, and examines Europe’s paradoxical blend of secularism and religious revival. He speaks candidly about Vatican II, the challenges posed by the SSPX, and the turbulence of the German Synodal Path. What emerges is a bracing and luminous vision of the faith — one grounded in Christ, rooted in the Tradition, and unflinching in the face of the Church’s present trials. ….

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