Articles tagged German Catholic Church

Former co-leader of German Synodal Way explains tactics used to stop Vatican from intervening

Professor Thomas Sternberg, who started the Synodal Way in 2019 with Cardinal Reinhard Marx, said that Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, attempted 'to stop the whole thing' in the beginning.

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Andreas Wailzer

• Dec 2, 2022Dec 2, 2022

German bishops adopt new labor law allowing Church employees to live in same-sex relationships

The 'basic order of ecclesiastical service' states that employees’ private lives, 'in particular relationships and intimacy, are not subject to legal assessment.'

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Andreas Wailzer

• Nov 22, 2022Nov 23, 2022

‘Incurring the wrath of God’: German Catholics demand bishop resign for launching pro-LGBT ‘ministry’

'Offer the Pope to renounce your episcopate. You are not suited for it,' a group of lay Catholics told pro-homosexual Bishop Peter Kohlgraf in a blistering letter.

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Andreas Wailzer

• Oct 26, 2022Oct 26, 2022

German bishop says Catholics who reject other religions have ‘right-wing extremist tendencies’

Schick’s accusation of right-wing extremism towards faithful Catholics follows similar smears against the Berlin March for Life participants.

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Andreas Wailzer

• Oct 20, 2022

German bishop: Synodal Way is in ‘open confrontation’ with Church teaching

According to the Bishop of Passau, the fourth synodal assembly was 'much more about political processes, tactics, the search for alliances than about listening to each other.'

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Andreas Wailzer

• Sep 23, 2022Sep 23, 2022

Report claims VP of German bishops conference knowingly promoted abusive priests

Bishop Franz-Josef Bode, a heterodox, pro-LGBT vice president of the German Synodal Path, enabled accused sex predators and allowed them to have access to young people, according to a report commissioned by his diocese.

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Andreas Wailzer

• Sep 21, 2022Sep 21, 2022

German bishop: Homosexuality is ‘willed by God,’ contraception ‘strengthens the protection of life’

German Bishop Helmut Dieser's comments may foreshadow the continued direction of the Synodal Way.

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Andreas Wailzer

• Sep 8, 2022Sep 8, 2022

German Catholics rebuke senior bishop for employing pro-abortion activist in key church role

'Bishop Bätzing, we ask you and your fellow bishops...to terminate your cooperation with Dr. Stetter-Karp permanently if she is not prepared to publicly recant her position, and to return to the teachings of the Church on the protection of unborn children,' the open letter reads.

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Maike Hickson

• Aug 12, 2022Aug 15, 2022

‘Doomed from the start’: Cdl. Müller blasts German ‘Synodal Way’ as ‘anti-Catholic’

'The Church is founded by Christ, cannot be reformed, is unsurpassable; only we can go the way and must go the way of repentance and renewal,' stated the cardinal.

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Jack Bingham

• Aug 4, 2022Aug 4, 2022

Holy See reiterates Pope’s support for ‘synodal way’ after Polish bishop said he’s distancing himself from it

Polish Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki raised concerns about the 'Synodal Path' with the Pope in a Monday meeting, leading to conflicting reports on the Pope's position on the process.

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David McLoone

• Mar 30, 2022Mar 30, 2022

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Articles tagged German Catholic Church

Former co-leader of German Synodal Way explains tactics used to stop Vatican from intervening

German bishops adopt new labor law allowing Church employees to live in same-sex relationships

‘Incurring the wrath of God’: German Catholics demand bishop resign for launching pro-LGBT ‘ministry’

German bishop says Catholics who reject other religions have ‘right-wing extremist tendencies’

German bishop: Synodal Way is in ‘open confrontation’ with Church teaching

Report claims VP of German bishops conference knowingly promoted abusive priests

German bishop: Homosexuality is ‘willed by God,’ contraception ‘strengthens the protection of life’

German Catholics rebuke senior bishop for employing pro-abortion activist in key church role

‘Doomed from the start’: Cdl. Müller blasts German ‘Synodal Way’ as ‘anti-Catholic’

Holy See reiterates Pope’s support for ‘synodal way’ after Polish bishop said he’s distancing himself from it