German Bishops

Vatican’s liturgy czar rejects German Church’s plans for laity to preach homilies, conduct baptisms

04/01/2023 at 3:29 PM By Kevin Edward White

By AC Wimmer, Catholic News Agency, March 30, 2023 The Vatican’s liturgy czar has intervened against the implementation of resolutions of the German Synodal Way that demand laypeople should be able to regularly baptize and preach the homily at Mass in churches across Germany. In a letter... read more

Cardinal Marx: ‘The Catechism is not set in stone. One is also allowed to doubt what it says’

03/31/2022 at 9:46 AM By Kevin Edward White

By CNA Staff, March 31, 2022 German Cardinal Reinhard Marx said in an interview published on Thursday that the Catechism of the Catholic Church is “not set in stone” and “one is also allowed to doubt what it says.” The cardinal made the comments in a seven-page spread in the... read more

Cardinal Kasper: Synodal Way’s ‘Original Sin’ Was to Set Aside Evangelization

11/10/2021 at 1:16 PM By Kevin Edward White

Cardinal Walter Kasper has repeatedly expressed concern about the multiyear process bringing together Germany’s bishops and laypeople to discuss the way power is exercised in the Church, sexual morality, the priesthood, and the role of women. By CNA Staff/ National catholic Register, November... read more

German Synodal Path Dominated by ‘Political Activists’ With ‘Radical Demands,’ Say Two Participants

10/15/2021 at 12:56 PM By Kevin Edward White

According to these anonymous participants the entire German synodal process has been arranged to result in a conclusion that conforms with the perspectives of the heterodox majority in charge. By Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register, October 14, 2021 ROME — The Synodal Path of the... read more

German ‘Synodal Way’ extends to 2023 as assembly ends abruptly

10/06/2021 at 12:11 PM By Kevin Edward White

Catholic News Agency, The Catholic Thing, October 5, 2021 The German Catholic Church’s “Synodal Way” will be extended to 2023 after its plenary session ended abruptly on Saturday following votes in favor of a text endorsing same-sex blessings and a discussion of whether the priesthood... read more

German Bishops Join the Wolves

10/06/2021 at 11:54 AM By Kevin Edward White

By Rev. Jerry J. Pokorsky, Crisis, October 6, 2021 An astonishing news item in the Wall Street Journal reports: “At a meeting in Frankfurt, German [Catholic] church leaders voted 168 to 28. . .to adopt a draft statement on sexuality that includes a resolution saying that ‘same-sex... read more

Cardinal Müller critiques Pope Francis’ ‘harsh’ response to extraordinary form, compared to German Synodal Way

07/20/2021 at 12:26 PM By Kevin Edward White

By Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency, July 19, 2021 The former head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has critiqued Pope Francis’ recent restrictions on extraordinary form Masses as “harsh” compared to his modest response to the “massive attacks on the unity of the... read more

Is Pope Francis Leading the Church to a Schism?

07/17/2021 at 10:44 PM By Kevin Edward White

Disagreements over same-sex relationships and the role of women are heightening tensions among Catholics worldwide. By Francis X. Rocca, Wall Street Journal, July 16, 2021 German Catholics have been meeting since last year to consider major changes to church life, including the blessing of... read more

More than 220,000 people left the Catholic Church in Germany in 2020

07/15/2021 at 3:17 PM By Kevin Edward White

By CNA Staff, July 14, 2021 More than 220,000 people left Catholic Church in Germany in 2020, according to official figures released on Wednesday. The statistics issued by the German bishops’ conference on July 14 showed that 221,390 people exited the Catholic Church last... read more

Pope Francis encourages us to continue on ‘Synodal Way,’ says German bishops’ leader after audience

07/09/2021 at 6:46 PM By Kevin Edward White

Bishop Georg Bätzing, the chairman of the German bishops’ conference, said June 24 that he assured the pope that “rumors” that the German Church was seeking to diverge from the worldwide Church were untrue. Catholic World Report (CNA), June 24, 2021 Pope Francis encouraged the German... read more

Pope Francis encourages us to continue on ‘Synodal Way,’ says German bishops’ leader after audience

06/26/2021 at 3:39 PM By Kevin Edward White

Bishop Georg Bätzing, the chairman of the German bishops’ conference, said June 24 that he assured the pope that “rumors” that the German Church was seeking to diverge from the worldwide Church were untrue. By Catholic News Agency, June 24, 2021 Pope Francis encouraged the German... read more

German Bishops

Vatican’s liturgy czar rejects German Church’s plans for laity to preach homilies, conduct baptisms

Cardinal Marx: ‘The Catechism is not set in stone. One is also allowed to doubt what it says’

Cardinal Kasper: Synodal Way’s ‘Original Sin’ Was to Set Aside Evangelization

German Synodal Path Dominated by ‘Political Activists’ With ‘Radical Demands,’ Say Two Participants

German ‘Synodal Way’ extends to 2023 as assembly ends abruptly

German Bishops Join the Wolves

Cardinal Müller critiques Pope Francis’ ‘harsh’ response to extraordinary form, compared to German Synodal Way

Is Pope Francis Leading the Church to a Schism?

More than 220,000 people left the Catholic Church in Germany in 2020

Pope Francis encourages us to continue on ‘Synodal Way,’ says German bishops’ leader after audience

Pope Francis encourages us to continue on ‘Synodal Way,’ says German bishops’ leader after audience

Citing institutional failures on sex abuse, Munich archbishop Marx submits early resignation

Catholics and Protestants Share Communion at German Ecumenical Convention

Will there be a German schism? Card. Müller: ‘I fear yes; I hope not.’

Germany: On the Brink of Schism

Schismatic Stratagems

Pressure Mounts For the Church to Change Her Teaching on Homosexuality As Open Schism Looms

Pressure Intensifies on Catholic Church to Change Teaching That Homosexuality Is ‘Intrinsically Disordered’

German Catholic bishop dismisses cardinal’s fear that ‘Synodal Way’ could lead to split

Women take to pulpits in German diocese: “It is not enough to give testimony only in the family or at work”