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German Catholic group calls on bishops to unite with Rome

May 10, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

The hand of the statue of St. Peter in St. Peter’s Square, pictured Feb. 28, 2013. / Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk.

CNA Staff, May 10, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).
A German Catholic group appealed Saturday to the country’s bishops to unite with Rome amid … […]

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German Catholic bishops’ leader: We are not ‘schismatics’

May 6, 2021 Catholic News Agency 6

Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg. / Bistum Limburg.

CNA Staff, May 6, 2021 / 13:50 pm (CNA).
The chairman of the German Catholic bishops’ conference has insisted that the country’s Catholics are not “schismatics” seeking to “detach ourselves as t… […]

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German bishops’ leader: Day of same-sex blessings not ‘helpful’

April 29, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg. / Bistum Limburg.

CNA Staff, Apr 29, 2021 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
The chairman of the German Catholic bishops’ conference said Wednesday that a planned day of protest against the Vatican’s “no” to blessings for same-se… […]

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‘No easy answers’: Top German Catholic bishop responds to Vatican’s ‘no’ on same-sex blessings

March 15, 2021 CNA Daily News 5

CNA Staff, Mar 15, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- A leading German Catholic bishop responded to the Vatican’s rejection of blessings for same-sex couples on Monday by saying that there were “no easy answers” to the issue.

Bishop Georg B&aum… […]

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Leading German Catholic bishop cautions priests against intercommunion

March 3, 2021 CNA Daily News 3

CNA Staff, Mar 3, 2021 / 08:30 am (CNA).- A leading German Catholic bishop has cautioned priests against intercommunion with Protestants during an ecumenical event in May. 

Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg said in a March 1 letter to clergy t… […]

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Head of German Catholic bishops: ‘I do not deny Communion to a Protestant who asks for it’

February 26, 2021 CNA Daily News 7

CNA Staff, Feb 26, 2021 / 04:00 am (CNA).- The president of the German Catholic bishops’ conference said on Thursday that he would continue to give Holy Communion to Protestants who ask for it.

Bishop Georg Bätzing told journalists at a pre… […]

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Vatican cardinal clashes with German theologian over ‘Eucharistic meal fellowship’

February 10, 2021 CNA Daily News 3

CNA Staff, Feb 10, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).- A Vatican cardinal has responded to a German theologian who criticized him for opposing a proposal for a “Eucharistic meal fellowship” between Catholics and Protestants.

Cardinal Kurt Koch, presid… […]

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The Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation today announced the two recipients of its 2013 Ratzinger Prize, as well as details about its annual conference. This year’s prize-winners are Richard A. Burridge, an Anglican biblical scholar, […]

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