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Four German bishops block funding for permanent synodal council
The third Synodal Assembly of the ‘Synodal Way’ in Frankfurt, Germany, on Feb. 4, 2022. / Max von Lachner/Synodal Way.…
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Vatican’s liturgy czar rejects German Church’s plans for laity to preach homilies, conduct baptisms
Archbishop Arthur Roche at a Vatican press conference on Feb. 10, 2015. / Bohumil Petrik/CNA. CNA Newsroom, Mar 30, 2023…
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Pope Francis accepts resignation of vice president of German bishops’ conference
Bishop Franz-Josef Bode of the Diocese of Osnabrück served as vice president of the German bishops' conference from 2017 to…
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German bishops announce plans to bless same-sex unions, allow laypeople to baptize and preach at Mass
Delegates at the fifth assembly of the German Synodal Way, meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, on March 11, 2023, applaud after…
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Catholic News - Americas
Cardinals Müller, Burke rebuke German bishops over same-sex union blessings
German Cardinal Gerhard Müller (left) and American Cardinal Raymond Burke. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Washington D.C., Mar 17, 2023 /…
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German Synodal Way approves same-sex blessings, lay preaching, and reexamination of priestly celibacy
Delegates at the fifth assembly of the German Synodal Way, meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, on March 10, 2023, applaud after…
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Women’s ordination, transgender ideology move forward at German Synodal Way
Delegates at the fifth assembly of the German Synodal Way, meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, on March 11, 2023, applaud after…
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Watchdog raises concerns after arson attacks on German, French churches
Auxiliary Bishop Ansgar Puff in the devastated Kreuzerhöhungskirche in Wissen, Germany, Feb. 15, 2023. / Credit: Archdiocese of Cologne CNA…
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German bishops’ president rebukes Pope Francis for criticism of Synodal Way
Bishop Georg Bätzing, chairman of the German bishops’ conference, meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican, June 24, 2021. /…
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German bishop dismisses Vatican concerns over a permanent synodal council
Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops’ conference in St. Peter’s Square, June 27, 2020. / Deutsche Bischofskonferenz/Matthias Kopp.…
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