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German Catholic bishops’ leader replies to Nordic bishops’ ‘Synodal Way’ critique

April 5, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

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

Limburg, Germany, Apr 5, 2022 / 05:15 am (CNA).
The chairman of the German Catholic bishops’ conf… […]

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German Catholic bishops’ leader responds to Polish archbishop’s ‘Synodal Way’ criticisms

March 24, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Georg Bätzing and Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki. / Bistum Limburg/Episkopat.pl.

Limburg, Germany, Mar 24, 2022 / 14:14 pm (CNA).
The chairman of Germany’s Catholic bishops’ conference has responded to a strongly worded critique of the “Sy… […]

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Nordic Catholic bishops: German ‘Synodal Way’ fills us with worry

March 10, 2022 Catholic News Agency 8

Cardinal Anders Arborelius of Stockholm at a consistory in St. Peter’s Basilica on June 28, 2017. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Tromso, Norway, Mar 10, 2022 / 04:00 am (CNA).
Nordic Catholic bishops issued an open letter on Wednesday expressing alarm at… […]

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German Catholic bishops’ leader calls for change to Catechism on sexuality

March 4, 2022 Catholic News Agency 40

Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg. / Bistum Limburg.

Munich, Germany, Mar 4, 2022 / 11:30 am (CNA).
The chairman of the German Catholic bishops’ conference has called for changes to Church teaching on sex outside of marriage and homosexuality. In… […]

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Polish Catholic bishops’ leader expresses ‘fraternal concern’ over German ‘Synodal Way’

February 22, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki and Bishop Georg Bätzing. / Episkopat.pl/Bistum Limburg.

Warsaw, Poland, Feb 22, 2022 / 02:00 am (CNA).
The president of Poland’s Catholic bishops’ conference expressed “fraternal concern” about the direction of the… […]

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German “synodal way” votes for blessing homosexual unions; defends contraception, masturbation

October 4, 2021 Matthew Cullinan Hoffman 77

The “Synodal Way,” a conference consisting of German bishops, priests, religious, and laity, on Friday approved a draft document that appears to undermine Catholic doctrine on fundamental points of sexual morality, offering a defense of […]

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

June 24, 2021 Catholic News Agency 20

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

Vatican City, Jun 24, 2021 / 06:50 am (CNA).
Pope Francis encouraged the German Catholic Church to continue… […]

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German Catholic bishops’ leader: ‘Synodal Way’ and Rome synod have ‘common goal’

May 21, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

Bishop Georg Bätzing, chairman of the German bishops’ conference. / Rudolf Gehrig/CNA Deutsch.

CNA Staff, May 21, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
A leading German Catholic bishop welcomed Friday the new multi-year format of the synod of synodality, sayin… […]

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German Catholic bishops’ leader: ecumenical event ‘not about intercommunion’

May 14, 2021 Catholic News Agency 4

Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops’ conference. Courtesy: Diocese of Limburg

CNA Staff, May 14, 2021 / 07:00 am (CNA).
The head of the German Catholic bishops has said that a major ecumenical event on Saturday is “not about in… […]

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Father Weinandy: ‘If the German Synodal Way is not heading for schism, it has fooled a lot of people’

May 10, 2021 Catholic News Agency 4

The flag of Germany. / Trine Juel via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

CNA Staff, May 10, 2021 / 11:00 am (CNA).
A Catholic theologian has said it is “foolish” to deny that the German “Synodal Way” is seeking changes that would be schismatic. Fr. Thomas Wein… […]

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