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Cash for baptisms: German diocese questions Catholic millionaire’s $550 offer

August 5, 2026 Alexander Folz 3

A wealthy Catholic investor near Munich is paying 500 euros for every baptism, and the Diocese of Augsburg is not entirely comfortable with it. […]

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German Catholic congress approves bondage group’s booth

May 14, 2026 Alexander Folz 2

Organizers of the Würzburg congress told EWTN News the group’s guidelines contain ‘no contradiction with the Catechism.’ […]

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German cardinal instructs priests to facilitate same-sex couple blessings

April 22, 2026 Alexander Folz 36

Cardinal Reinhard Marx, archbishop of Munich and Freising, has instructed priests and full-time pastoral staff to introduce the controversial handout “Blessing Gives Strength to Love.” […]

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Luxembourg’s Cardinal Hollerich says women’s ordination essential to Church’s future

March 24, 2026 Alexander Folz 31

At a symposium titled “Synodality and Praedicate Gospel” at the University of Bonn, the cardinal said he used to be more conservative on this issue but changed his mind. […]

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From Vatican Information Service: Vatican City, 18 April 2012 (VIS) – Returning to a recent series of catecheses on the theme of prayer, Benedict XVI dedicated his general audience this morning to what has been […]

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