The Saint Gallen Group, also called the Saint Gallen Mafia, was an informal group of high ranking like-minded liberal/reformist clerics in the Catholic Church, described by the Bishop of Saint Gallen, Ivo Fürer, who hosted the discussions, as a Freundeskreis ('circle of friends') The diocese presents an archive of its press releases. The press release of the diocese is "Sensationsmeldung?" ('Sensational News?') dated 30 September 2015 and at the bottom of that is a link to Fürer's statement "Erklärungen von em. Bischof Ivo Fürer" ("Explanations by Bishop emeritus Ivo Fürer"). – who met annually in or near St. Gallen, Switzerland, in January, to freely exchange ideas about issues in the church.
