German Bishops

German Catholics debate sexuality and the place of women

09/07/2020 at 2:11 PM By Kevin Edward White
Participants of the synodal path initiated met in five cities of the country. In Berlin, where "La Croix" went, the discussions were sometimes heated By Delphine Nerbollier, LaCroix, September 7, 2020 German Catholics who are delegates for the Synodal Path have held their latest plenary... read more

Germany: Toward the Collapse of the Seminaries

07/18/2020 at 12:03 PM By Kevin Edward White
FFSPX News, July 18, 2020 In 1962, the year the Second Vatican Council opened, Germany ordained 557 priests. Almost 60 years later, in 2020, only 57 of those priest remain in the priesthood. The German Church, stuck more than ever in the synodal swamp, is struggling to find... read more

Catholic Church in Germany Lost a Record Number of Members Last Year

06/26/2020 at 11:32 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
According to the new figures, the number of Catholics in the country fell from 23 million in 2018 to 22.6 million in 2019. Catholic News Agency WASHINGTON — A record number of Catholics formally left the Church in Germany in 2019, according to official figures released Friday. The... read more

Sex, Women, Power. The Three Challenges Germany Is Issuing To the Church

05/06/2020 at 5:47 PM By Kevin Edward White
L'Espresso, May 6, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic has made the “synodal path” of the Church of Germany disappear from the news. But meanwhile it continues forward. And on it not only the German Church, but the universal Catholic Church is staking its future: The synod held its first... read more

COVID-19 Coronavirus: Germany, towards controlled resumption of liturgies. Catholic and Protestant Churches submit proposals to Government

04/28/2020 at 8:49 PM By Kevin Edward White
Agensir.It, April 27, 2020 The so-called “Corona Cabinet” of the Federal Government has received 16 memoranda and projects for the “resumption” of worship from different religious denominations in Germany. Recommendations for public liturgies and gatherings will be discussed from today... read more

Cardinal Marx’s protégé completes a rapid rise to the top

03/12/2020 at 11:04 AM By Kevin Edward White
By Jon Anderson, Catholic Herald, March 12, 2020 Following the resignation of Cardinal Reinhard Marx, the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK) has a new president. Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg was elected for a six-year term at the DBK’s spring plenary meeting in Mainz. Bishop Bätzing,... read more

Latin American bishops to ask Pope for married priests in wake of new Amazon exhortation

03/06/2020 at 10:37 PM By Kevin Edward White
Close collaborators of the Pope made it clear that Francis' post-synodal exhortation Querida Amazonia did not close the door to the married priesthood. By Maike Hickson, LifeSite News, March 4, 2020 Monsignor Pirmin Spiegel, the head of the German bishops' relief agency Misereor, announced... read more

German Jesuit, Key Influence on ‘Synodal Path,’ Resigns Position

02/26/2020 at 6:43 PM By Kevin Edward White
As secretary of the German bishops’ conference, the Jesuit priest has shaped the direction of the German Church for the past quarter century and has been a leading figure behind its controversial current ‘synodal path.’ By Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register, February 25,... read more

Prominent German Catholics publicly resist bishops’ plan to ‘Protestantize’ Church in Germany

02/26/2020 at 10:05 AM By Kevin Edward White
German profs, journalists, and other Catholic personalities have banded together to oppose the German bishops’ synodal path. By Maike Hickson, LifeSite, February 26, 2020 Prominent German Catholics who are faithful to the Church and her perennial teachings have come out publicly to... read more

German theologian spearheads transition to a ‘gender appropriate’ Catholic Church

02/19/2020 at 2:04 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Claire Giangrave, National catholic Reporter, February 19, 2020 From left, Cardinal Michael Czerny, Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri and Sister Augusta de Oliveira hold a copy of the post-synodal apostolic exhortation "Querida Amazonia" written by Pope Francis during a press conference at the... read more
Cardinal Reinhard Marx

Cardinal Marx to step down as head of German bishops

02/13/2020 at 1:05 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Elise Ann Allen, Crux, February 11, 2020 ROME - On Tuesday, German Cardinal Reinhard Marx announced that he will not seek a second term as head of the national bishops’ conference, citing age and a desire to spend more time in his archdiocese as key reasons for the decision. Marx, who... read more

‘A lack of courage’: Germans divided over Pope Francis’ Amazonian exhortation

02/13/2020 at 12:59 PM By Kevin Edward White
The Apostle Peter

A Watershed This Week?

02/10/2020 at 12:13 PM By Kevin Edward White

German Catholic cardinal causes outrage with Nazi comparison

02/07/2020 at 12:46 PM By Kevin Edward White

Bishop Schneider: ‘The Pope cannot be silent as he watches the wolves devour the flock’

02/04/2020 at 10:42 AM By Kevin Edward White

De Mattei: The Simony of the German Bishops

02/02/2020 at 5:42 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

German ‘Synodal Path’ Aims to Shape Vatican Decisions, Says Plan’s Architect

02/01/2020 at 4:39 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
Cardinal Reinhard Marx

German bishops’ synod working doc calls for approval of contraception, homosexuality, women’s ordination

01/30/2020 at 1:24 PM By Kevin Edward White

No, Cardinal Marx, the Church Cannot Bless Same-Sex Couples

01/07/2020 at 4:47 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Cardinal Müller: Church Crisis Comes From Abandoning God, Adapting to Culture

01/02/2020 at 2:34 PM By Kevin Edward White