German Bishop Responds to Letter Criticising Synodal Path
By Barb Fraze – The head of the German bishops’ conference responded to an open letter from more than 70...
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Bishops from Four Continents Express Concern about Germany’s Synodal Path
By Greg Erlandson – In an open letter, 74 bishops from North America, Africa, Italy and Australia have expressed their...
German cardinal calls for change in church teaching on homosexuality
By CNS – Munich Cardinal Reinhard Marx has called for a change in Catholic teaching on homosexuality, reported the German Catholic...
Cardinal Woelki Offers to Resign
By CNS – Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki has ended his five-month sabbatical and resumed work as archbishop of Cologne. However,...
What happens next with texts approved by Germany’s Synodal Assembly?
By Ludwig Ring-Eifel – In early February, the plenary assembly of the Synodal Path met in Frankfurt and approved a number...
German ‘Synodal Way’ members back text calling for women priests
Participants in the German Catholic Church’s “Synodal Way” voted in favour of a text calling for the ordination of women...
German Synodal Assembly opens with calls for change, but some object
By Anli Serfontein – The third German Synodal Assembly spent hours discussing church issues and, by the end of its first...
German Synodal Assembly Delegates Face Pressure to Produce Change
By Anli Serfontein – Sexual abuse has cast a long shadow over the German Catholic Church in the past 12...
Cardinal Marx: Face of the Catholic Church in Germany
By Anli Serfontein – No other German bishop has dominated Catholic life in Germany as much in recent years as...
