German bishops submit lay governance proposals to Vatican
The German Bishops’ Conference is seeking Vatican approval for a ‘Synodal Conference’ granting the laity power of governance in the Church in Germany.
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Articles tagged Der Synodale Weg
Bishop Bätzing suggests Church teaching on homosexuality could be ‘changed for the sake of the people’
Bishop Georg Bätzing attacked Church teaching on ‘sexual morality’ as ‘largely ineffective in its current form,’ arguing the faithful ‘ignore it and live their lives.’
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Swiss priest: There is a ‘horizontal schism’ between German bishops and their faithful
Heinrich Heine’s satire of 17th-century Jesuits mirrors today’s episcopate, where compromise with pagan culture undermines faith and morals, accelerating the collapse of both.
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Cardinal Müller: German Synodal Way seeks ‘totalitarian ideological dominance’
‘Anyone who wants to sell blatant contradictions to the Catholic faith’ under the guise of ‘Catholicism’ is perpetuating ‘a shameful deception of the faithful,’ Cdl. Müller stated.
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Schism fears arise as Catholic Church in Germany aims to put laity on ‘same level’ as bishops
'This Synodal Conference will have decision-making power and be able to introduce changes to doctrine by majority vote,' reported Italian journalist Nico Spuntoni.
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Pro-LGBT German bishop says the Catholic Church does not ‘stand for an abstract truth’
In a recent homily, Bishop Peter Kohlgraf rejected claims he is ‘not Catholic’ while arguing the faith should embrace the ‘opinion of others’ and move beyond ‘abstract truth.’
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Bishop Bätzing says Pope Leo is ‘accompanying the Church in Germany with trust’ after meeting
German Bp. Georg Bätzing, known for pushing female ordination and same-sex ‘blessings,’ commented that the Pope has ‘trust’ in the German church following talks.
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Fr. Heimerl: Pope Francis marks the fulfillment of Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich’s ‘dark church’ prophecy
According to German mystic Anne Catherine Emmerich, the ‘after-church’ will not be a counter-church or a schismatic church, but the Catholic Church itself because it is increasingly distancing itself from Christ.
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German church tax is funding a ‘Marxist’ religion of heretics and schismatics
Catholic priest Fr. Joachim Heimerl argued that the bishops in Germany 'cling to the church tax like the devil to a poor soul. After all, the tax system has made the Church in Germany incredibly rich but equally faithless and decadent.'
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Catholic priest: ‘Synodality’ aims to destroy the Church by ‘restructuring’ it into an NGO
Fr. Joachim Heimerl argues that ‘synodality’ is politically motivated rather than ecclesiastical, aiming to restructure the Church in a manner akin to Protestant regional churches led by laypeople.
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