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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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Doug Mainwaring

• Jan 17, 2026

Cardinal Müller: German bishops are failing to defend the unborn due to political cowardice

Cardinal Müller is calling out bishops who refuse to condemn pro-abortion figures for fear of being labeled ‘right-wing.’ ‘This is the ‘sickness unto death’ of Catholicism in Germany,’ he writes.

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Gerhard Cardinal Müller

• Jul 23, 2025Jul 23, 2025

Amsterdam bishop says young Catholics are going back to ‘roots of the faith,’ want traditional liturgy

Young Catholics who embrace tradition ‘are appearing out of nowhere’ in the Netherlands and ‘going in the opposite direction’ of the older, liberal generation, Dutch Bishop Johannes Hendriks said. ‘The Holy Spirit is at work.’

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Andreas Wailzer

• Aug 28, 2024Aug 29, 2024

Cardinal Burke criticizes ‘terrible situation’ of German Church, says ‘synodality’ is linked to ideology

Cardinal Burke lamented the German Church’s ‘so-called Synodal Way’ and pointed out that ‘no one can define’ the novel idea of ‘synodality’ in a new interview.

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Andreas Wailzer

• Jun 28, 2024Jun 28, 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.

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Bishop Marian Eleganti

• Jun 20, 2024Jun 20, 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

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, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Mar 25, 2024Mar 26, 2024

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Schism fears arise as Catholic Church in Germany aims to put laity on ‘same level’ as bishops

Cardinal Müller: German bishops are failing to defend the unborn due to political cowardice

Amsterdam bishop says young Catholics are going back to ‘roots of the faith,’ want traditional liturgy

Cardinal Burke criticizes ‘terrible situation’ of German Church, says ‘synodality’ is linked to ideology

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

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

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