Articles tagged Franz-josef Overbeck

Vatican and German bishops meet for ‘positive’ talks on heterodox Synodal Way

A joint statement from the Vatican and the German bishops said the assembled prelates sought to identify ‘differences and convergences’ between the German Synodal Way and Pope Francis’ Synod on Synodality.

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Michael Haynes

• Mar 25, 2024Mar 26, 2024

Another German bishop allows lay men and women to baptize children in his diocese

Bishop Gebhard Fürst of Rottenburg-Stuttgart has commissioned 26 lay people, including 22 women, to perform baptisms, following similar moves by bishops in Essen and Osnabrück.

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Andreas Wailzer

• Nov 8, 2023Nov 8, 2023

German bishop poses with LGBT ‘progress’ flag at World Youth Day

Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck is known for his heterodoxy.

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Andreas Wailzer

• Aug 4, 2023Aug 4, 2023

German laywomen carry monstrance at Corpus Christi procession in apparent violation of canon law

Wearing a humeral veil usually only worn by ordained ministers, the women processed with the Blessed Sacrament despite the presence of parish priests in a contradiction of the 2004 Vatican instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum.

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Andreas Wailzer

• Jun 20, 2023Jun 21, 2023

German bishop demands Church ‘widen its understanding of the family’ to include homosexual unions

Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck’s comments are the latest direct attack on perennial Catholic teaching from the German hierarchy.

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Andreas Wailzer

• Dec 16, 2022Dec 16, 2022

Pro-LGBT German bishop authorizes 13 women to perform baptisms due to ‘lack of priests’

In 2021, there were 141,929 baptisms in Germany and 12,280 priests.

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Andreas Wailzer

• Oct 25, 2022Oct 25, 2022

German bishop authorizes 17 women to confer baptisms due to ‘lack of priests’

Though the bishop cited a shortage of priest as reason to allow lay ministers, particularly women, to administer the sacrament of baptism, this is also consistent with his view on women priesthood.

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LifeSiteNews Europe

• Mar 15, 2022

Over 500 German priests vow to defy Church’s ban on same-sex couples’ blessings

A much-hyped blessing service for same-sex couples in Germany at more than 50 parishes is being planned for May 10.

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Pete Baklinski

• Apr 27, 2021Jul 30, 2021

German bishop involved in Amazon Synod will not suspend priests who bless homosexual couples

Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck said suspending priests who 'bless' homosexual couples in defiance of clear Church teaching and a recent Vatican directive is 'out of the question.'

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Maike Hickson

• Mar 31, 2021Jul 30, 2021

Pro-LGBT Catholic bishops, priests decry, defy Vatican’s ban on blessings for homosexual couples

German bishops went as far as suggesting that the ban on blessings for homosexual couples would be ignored.

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Pete Baklinski

• Mar 17, 2021Jun 18, 2021

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Articles tagged Franz-josef Overbeck

Vatican and German bishops meet for ‘positive’ talks on heterodox Synodal Way

Another German bishop allows lay men and women to baptize children in his diocese

German bishop poses with LGBT ‘progress’ flag at World Youth Day

German laywomen carry monstrance at Corpus Christi procession in apparent violation of canon law

German bishop demands Church ‘widen its understanding of the family’ to include homosexual unions

Pro-LGBT German bishop authorizes 13 women to perform baptisms due to ‘lack of priests’

German bishop authorizes 17 women to confer baptisms due to ‘lack of priests’

Over 500 German priests vow to defy Church’s ban on same-sex couples’ blessings

German bishop involved in Amazon Synod will not suspend priests who bless homosexual couples

Pro-LGBT Catholic bishops, priests decry, defy Vatican’s ban on blessings for homosexual couples