Pope forbids permanent ‘Synodal Council’ in Germany while bishops’ conference president remains defiant
Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg scoffed at the instructions, calling any concerns 'unfounded.'
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Priest urges German bishops to scrap plans for ‘ordination’ of women: ‘Undermines true Catholic faith’
'I am truly disturbed at this ploy to turn against our Catholic faith, Holy Mother Church, and ultimately Christ Himself,' writes Father Tyler Johnson.
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Cdl. Müller slams Synodal Way as ‘openly heretical and schismatic’ after German bishops visit Rome
Proponents of the German 'Synodal Way' are 'propagandists of a secularized church that has distanced itself from Christ, who want to cast out the violations of the natural and revealed anthropology and sexual morality by destroying it,' writes Cardinal Müller.
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German Synodal Way proceeds after bishops ‘encouraged’ by meeting with Pope Francis
Germany's Bishops Conference looks set to continue the controversial, and heterodox Synodal Way, following its much anticipated series of meetings with the Pope and Vatican officials last week.
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German bishop sees visit with Pope Francis as avenue to push agenda for women’s ordinations
Bishop Franz-Josef Bode plans to bring up women being ordained as deacons and eventually as priests during his fellow German bishops' ad limina visit.
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Swiss cardinal threatened for comparing Synodal Way with Protestantism in Nazi era, cancels event in Germany
Swiss Cardinal Kurt Koch received threatening messages after criticizing the highly controversial Synodal Way undertaken by the German Catholic bishops.
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Joint head of Germany’s Synodal Way: Reforms ‘must not stop at Church teaching’
Bishop Bätzing responded to questions posed about Germany's Synodal Way and the plan of Germany's bishops to promote their policies in an upcoming visit to Rome.
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Three bishops join thousands participating in Berlin March for Life
The participants protested against abortion and euthanasia. Several bishops and politicians gave speeches in support of life, including a member of the U.S. Democratic party.
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German Synodal Way approves text calling homosexual acts ‘not sinful’ and ‘not intrinsically evil’
The eight orthodox bishops who voted against the document were Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki and Bishops Gregor Maria Hanke, Matthias Heinrich, Stefan Oster, Dominikus Schwaderlapp, Rolf Steinhäuser, Rudolf Vorderholzer, and Florian Wörner.
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‘Treason’: German Synodal Path furious after bishops block document on changing Church teaching
Cardinal Reinhard Marx, the former head of the German bishops and a member of the Pope's Council of Cardinals, said he was 'very disappointed' by this voting result.
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