Georges Marie Martin Cottier

Georges Marie Martin Cottier (25 April 1922 – 31 March 2016) was a Swiss prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the Theologian of the Pontifical Household.

Quotes

• The contribution of historians was in fact indispensable. The Church wished to ask for forgiveness not in a disordered manner but with effective knowledge of that happened because from the truth there is nothing to fear. Moreover the Church wished to ask pardon from God and from mankind for the sins of some of her sons who, influenced by the mentality of the times, may have used violence in the name of truth, and while asking for forgiveness she recognises that the sins of her sons are her own.
  • “The Church wished to ask forgiveness not in a disordered manner but with effective knowledge of that happened because from the truth there is nothing to fear ” Card. Georges Cottier said at the presentation of the Acts of a 1998 International Symposium on the Inquisition (15 June 2004) Fides News Agency