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German bishop says ‘we do not have to evangelize’ the world since people can be ‘happy’ without God

German Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck said 'we do not have to evangelize the whole world' and suggested that people can be 'happy and content' without God during a sermon on the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God.

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Andreas Wailzer

• Jan 17, 2025Jan 20, 2025

German bishop appoints pro-LGBT lay ‘pastoral ministers’ to help people ‘celebrate their transition’

The Diocese of Hildesheim announced that Bishop Heiner Wilmer named three ‘pastoral ministers’ to offer ‘queer-sensitive pastoral care,’ including assisting gender-confused people to ‘celebrate their transition’ with a so-called ‘blessing ceremony.’

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Andreas Wailzer

• Sep 11, 2024Sep 12, 2024

Priest: Pope Francis causing ‘many schisms’ and ‘deeper wounds’ in the Church than any other Pope

In the past, the Popes stood for purity of Church doctrine, while the schismatics rejected this doctrine. Today, however, Pope Francis rejects traditional Catholic teachings and seems to condone schisms or even provoke them.

Opinion

Fr. Joachim Heimerl

• Jun 28, 2024Jul 1, 2024

Bishop Eleganti rebukes German bishops’ call to reinterpret Vatican I on papal primacy

Bishop Marian Eleganti critiques the German Bishops’ Conference’s call to ‘re-read’ the First Vatican Council’s definition of papal primacy, arguing that abandoning the teaching would undermine the Pope’s role in ensuring Church unity.

Opinion

Bishop Marian Eleganti

• Jun 20, 2024Jun 20, 2024

German bishop attacks Church teaching on there being only two sexes

Pro-LGBT Auxiliary Bishop Ludger Schepers of Essen insisted that ‘something has to change’ in the Church regarding sexuality and that the ‘Catechism must say different things than it does now,’ in the latest heterodox remarks from the German hierarchy.

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Andreas Wailzer

• May 8, 2024May 9, 2024

Cardinal Marx: ‘Global, synodal Church’ without ‘purely clerical rule’ is ‘in the making’

Cardinal Marx called for changes to ‘the theology of Holy Orders’ and said the Church should be subjected to a ‘social-scientific examination’ in the heretical, pro-LGBT prelate’s latest comments against Catholic teaching.

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Andreas Wailzer

• May 6, 2024May 6, 2024

Cardinal Marx says law allowing abortion up to 12 weeks ‘contributed to peace’ in Germany

Cardinal Reinhard Marx said Germany’s abortion regime, which results in around 100,000 unborn children killed every year, respects ‘the plight of the woman,’ making him the latest German bishop to praise the country’s pro-abortion law.

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Andreas Wailzer

• May 2, 2024May 3, 2024

German laywomen demand ‘female deacons’ at cathedral liturgy with clown dance

Heretical German Catholic women called for ordination of ‘non-male people,’ including ‘intersex, trans, and non-binary people,’ at a women-led Liturgy of the Word in Speyer Cathedral where one woman danced as a clown.

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Andreas Wailzer

• Apr 30, 2024May 1, 2024

Heretical German bishop says abortion is a ‘sensitive’ issue, will not participate in March for Life

Bishop Stephan Ackermann defended Germany’s abortion regime as leading to ‘societal peace’ despite around 100,000 children killed in abortion every year and criticized strong pro-life advocacy, citing ‘a woman’s right to self determination.’

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Andreas Wailzer

• Apr 29, 2024May 2, 2024

German prelate commissions 13 female ‘deacons in the spirit’ with support of bishops’ conference head

Bishop Ludger Schepers, the pro-LGBT auxiliary bishop of Essen, ‘commissioned’ 13 women who completed a training program with the ‘Women’s Diaconate Network,’ a heterodox group that promotes women’s ‘ordination.’

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Apr 22, 2024Apr 24, 2024

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German bishop says ‘we do not have to evangelize’ the world since people can be ‘happy’ without God

German bishop appoints pro-LGBT lay ‘pastoral ministers’ to help people ‘celebrate their transition’

Priest: Pope Francis causing ‘many schisms’ and ‘deeper wounds’ in the Church than any other Pope

Bishop Eleganti rebukes German bishops’ call to reinterpret Vatican I on papal primacy

German bishop attacks Church teaching on there being only two sexes

Cardinal Marx: ‘Global, synodal Church’ without ‘purely clerical rule’ is ‘in the making’

Cardinal Marx says law allowing abortion up to 12 weeks ‘contributed to peace’ in Germany

German laywomen demand ‘female deacons’ at cathedral liturgy with clown dance

Heretical German bishop says abortion is a ‘sensitive’ issue, will not participate in March for Life

German prelate commissions 13 female ‘deacons in the spirit’ with support of bishops’ conference head