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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Cdl. Pell called Synod on Synodality a ‘toxic nightmare’ just before he died
Pell expressed his criticism of the Synod in an article that was published on January 11 in the British 'The Spectator' magazine.
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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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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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Bp. Strickland calls for ‘chorus of bishops’ to defend the Catholic faith from ‘false teachings’
The Bishop of Tyler, Texas shared a video by a Canadian priest imploring the Church hierarchy to provide clarity, not confusion, to the faithful.
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Cdl. Brandmüller: German Synodal Path decisions a ‘mass apostasy from Holy Scripture and Tradition’
'But what is really alarming and dismaying is that the consecrated and commissioned shepherds of the Church, the bishops, have in such large numbers apparently easily forgotten the oath they first swore before their ordination to the priesthood and then at their episcopal consecration before all the people – and before God's Face.'
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Female co-president of German Synodal Way doubles down on abortion support
During the fourth Assembly of the Synodal Way, Irme Stetter-Karp reaffirmed her position that a ‘nationwide provision’ of abortion must be ensured.
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Over 80% of German bishops present approve Synodal Way text calling for women’s ordination
The heterodox text calls for a reassessment of St. John Paul II’s magisterial document 'Ordinatio sacerdotalis.'
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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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