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Bishop Georg Bätzing

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Public spat between German bishop, Swiss cardinal leads to private meeting in Rome

October 5, 2022 Catholic News Agency 31

Bishop Georg Bätzing (left) and Cardinal Kurt Koch / Maximilian von Lachner / Synodaler Weg // Paul Badde / EWTN

CNA Newsroom, Oct 5, 2022 / 06:46 am (CNA).
Following demands for an apology and a threat he might “file an official complaint with… […]

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Vatican Cardinal says he did not compare German Synodal Way to Nazi ideology

September 29, 2022 Catholic News Agency 4

Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, in Rome on Oct. 23, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

CNA Newsroom, Sep 29, 2022 / 22:07 pm (CNA).
A Vatican cardinal has defended himself against an accusati… […]

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Religion is ‘interruption,’ not continuity, German bishops’ president says

September 27, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

Bishop Georg Bätzing / Photo credit: Synodaler Weg / Maximilian von Lachner

CNA Newsroom, Sep 27, 2022 / 12:33 pm (CNA).
The president of the German Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Georg Bätzing, said that the shortest definition of religion is “in… […]

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‘Astonished’ German leaders take issue with Holy See’s latest warning about the ‘Synodal Way’

July 22, 2022 Catholic News Agency 12

Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg at a press conference of the German "Synodal Way" / Synodaler Weg / Max von Lachner

CNA Newsroom, Jul 22, 2022 / 09:42 am (CNA).
The latest warning by the Holy See about the risk of a new schism from Ge… […]

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Pope Francis told Bishop Bätzing: We don’t need two Evangelical churches in Germany

June 14, 2022 Catholic News Agency 14

Bishop Georg Bätzing, chairman of the German bishops’ conference, meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican, June 24, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Jun 14, 2022 / 04:55 am (CNA).
Pope Francis said in an interview published on Tuesday that h… […]

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Rector of German Catholic seminary found dead

June 13, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

The Catholic Cathedral of Limburg in Hesse, Germany. / Mylius via Wikimedia (GFDL 1.2).

Limburg, Germany, Jun 13, 2022 / 11:30 am (CNA).
The rector of a German Catholic seminary was found dead last week in an apparent suicide. Father Christof M… […]

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Germany’s Bishop Bätzing defends promotion of priest accused of sexual harassment

May 27, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg. / Bistum Limburg.

Limburg, Germany, May 27, 2022 / 06:45 am (CNA).
German Catholic Bishop Georg Bätzing has defended his decision to promote a priest accused of sexual harassment. The bishop of Limburg, western … […]

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German bishops’ leader expresses disappointment in Pope Francis

May 24, 2022 Catholic News Agency 4

Bishop Georg Bätzing, chairman of the German bishops’ conference, meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican, June 24, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Cologne, Germany, May 24, 2022 / 06:45 am (CNA).
The chairman of Germany’s bishops’ conference on Sunday e… […]

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German bishops’ president asserts ‘the need to develop the Church’s teaching’

May 12, 2022 Catholic News Agency 9

Bishop Georg Bätzing at the closing press conference of the spring plenary meeting of the German bishops’ conference. / Martin Rothweiler/EWTN.TV.

Denver Newsroom, May 12, 2022 / 17:23 pm (CNA).
The president of the German bishops’ conference h… […]

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German bishops’ president responds to letter warning of schism risk in synodal path

April 16, 2022 Catholic News Agency 4

Bishop Georg Bätzing at the German bishops’ spring meeting in February 2021. Credit: Sascha Steinbach/epa pool.

Limburg, Germany, Apr 16, 2022 / 12:40 pm (CNA).
Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, president of the German bishops’ conference, respo… […]

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