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Department of Medieval and Modern Church History

Welcome to our homepage! We would like to introduce you to Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hubert Wolf and his team and provide you with the latest news and information regarding teaching as well as various projects and activities. Click here to find information on how to contact us.

To make an office meeting appointment, please contact us by email at hwolf@uni-muenster.de.

About 30 staff members are involved in research and teaching at the Department of Medieval and Modern Church History at the University of Münster. In case you are interested in interviews or lectures, please contact the research communication team.

For an overview of reports published thus far please see the media review.

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"Deo gratias, went well"

Within the framework of a festive evening event at the Catholic Academy Munich, the completion of the Faulhaber-Edition was celebrated on 29 June 2026. Following welcome addresses from the academy director and the general vicar of the Archbishop of Munich and Freising, central results of the edition project were presented to over 150 guests in various formats.

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Giving Voice and Face to the Persecuted

During a week-long retreat for the project "Asking the Pope for Help," a team from the Hamburg-based agency "Fork Unstable Media" presented the current designs for the new homepage. In addition to the scientific staff and assistants, the volunteer Citizen Scientists of the project were particularly well represented. They actively engaged in the discussions with a variety of ideas and suggestions for improvement.

Pope Francis at one of his general audiencesPope Francis at one of his general audiences
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Pope Francis is dead

On Easter Sunday, Pope Francis imparted the Easter blessing on thousands of faithful in St Peter’s Square. One day later, on April 21, the morning of Easter Monday, the 266th head of the Catholic Church died after suffering a stroke. Church historian Prof. Dr. Hubert Wolf has been researching the Catholic Church based on the documents kept in the Vatican archives for 40 years. The Vatican expert has closely followed the Argentinean’s twelve-year pontificate and draws mixed conclusions.