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Homosexual German priest says Bible should be read through ‘queer’ lens

'Reading the Bible from a queer perspective essentially means approaching the texts as a source of liberation for all ways of life,' wrote Father Burkhard Hose.

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Andreas Wailzer

• Jun 3, 2026Jun 3, 2026

Cardinal Kasper warns the Church in Germany is in ‘deep crisis’

The 93-year-old cardinal contrasted Europe’s religious decline with Africa’s growing Catholic population and urged Church leaders to refocus on proclaiming faith in God.

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Andreas Wailzer

• Jun 1, 2026Jun 1, 2026

Jesuit complains the Church does not include enough women in leadership roles

The former head of the German Jesuits has said the Catholic Church is too 'monarchical' and that women are not included enough in leadership.

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Andreas Wailzer

• Jun 1, 2026Jun 1, 2026

Cdl. Marx’s same-sex ‘blessing’ guide made ‘in consultation with Rome,’ heterodox theologian claims

Lay theologian Thomas Söding said he sees ‘no contradiction’ between Pope Leo XIV and Cdl. Marx, asserting the German blessing guidelines preserve a distinction from sacramental marriage.

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Andreas Wailzer

• Apr 28, 2026Apr 29, 2026

Cardinal Marx blames ‘coordinated reactionaries’ online for opposition to Synodal Way

Cardinal Reinhard Marx said a ‘reactionary camp’ of Catholics, especially in the United States, are running ‘coordinated’ social media campaigns against Germany's Synodal Way.

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Andreas Wailzer

• Apr 28, 2026Apr 28, 2026

Fr. Heimerl: Pope Francis marks the fulfillment of Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich’s ‘dark church’ prophecy

According to German mystic Anne Catherine Emmerich, the ‘after-church’ will not be a counter-church or a schismatic church, but the Catholic Church itself because it is increasingly distancing itself from Christ.

Opinion

Fr. Joachim Heimerl

• Apr 21, 2026Apr 21, 2026

Swiss priest: There is a ‘horizontal schism’ between German bishops and their faithful

Heinrich Heine’s satire of 17th-century Jesuits mirrors today’s episcopate, where compromise with pagan culture undermines faith and morals, accelerating the collapse of both.

Opinion

Msgr. Martin Grichting

• Feb 11, 2026Feb 12, 2026

Bishops in Germany, Switzerland are supplanting Church teaching with secular ideals: priest

In Germany and in Zurich, the bishops have rendered the observance of the Sixth Commandment optional by exempting Church employees from living according to Catholic teaching.

Opinion

Msgr. Martin Grichting

• Dec 10, 2025

German church tax is funding a ‘Marxist’ religion of heretics and schismatics

Catholic priest Fr. Joachim Heimerl argued that the bishops in Germany 'cling to the church tax like the devil to a poor soul. After all, the tax system has made the Church in Germany incredibly rich but equally faithless and decadent.'

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Fr. Joachim Heimerl

• Jun 11, 2024Jun 11, 2024

Cardinal Burke warns Synod threatens to spread ‘devastation’ of German Church to ‘universal Church’

Speaking at the Thomas Aquinas College commencement, His Eminence told the graduates that the world is facing troubled times and 'What is more, the rebellion and revolution is sustained by some from within the Church, even by some who are called and ordained to shepherd the flock.'

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Stephen Kokx

• May 21, 2024May 21, 2024

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Homosexual German priest says Bible should be read through ‘queer’ lens

Cardinal Kasper warns the Church in Germany is in ‘deep crisis’

Jesuit complains the Church does not include enough women in leadership roles

Cdl. Marx’s same-sex ‘blessing’ guide made ‘in consultation with Rome,’ heterodox theologian claims

Cardinal Marx blames ‘coordinated reactionaries’ online for opposition to Synodal Way

Fr. Heimerl: Pope Francis marks the fulfillment of Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich’s ‘dark church’ prophecy

Swiss priest: There is a ‘horizontal schism’ between German bishops and their faithful

Bishops in Germany, Switzerland are supplanting Church teaching with secular ideals: priest

German church tax is funding a ‘Marxist’ religion of heretics and schismatics

Cardinal Burke warns Synod threatens to spread ‘devastation’ of German Church to ‘universal Church’