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Vatican backs Cardinal Woelki over abuse study contracts

May 3, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne. / Archdiocese of Cologne/Reiner Diart.

Cologne, Germany, May 3, 2022 / 07:15 am (CNA).
The Vatican has ruled that the German Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki did not breach canon law when awarding contracts … […]

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After backlash, German diocese stops working with Planned Parenthood affiliate

April 21, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Franz Jung of Würzburg, Germany. / Screenshot from YouTube video

Aachen, Germany, Apr 21, 2022 / 13:11 pm (CNA).
Following complaints by survivors of sexual abuse, a German diocese has announced it will no longer cooperate with a Planned… […]

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Cordileone on signing letter to German bishops: ‘Christ’s teaching is timeless’

April 13, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone / EWTN News Nightly Screenshot

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 13, 2022 / 13:54 pm (CNA).
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, one of the bishops who have signed a letter of warning to German bishops … […]

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German diocese hires self-identified transgender man to teach religious ed

April 8, 2022 Catholic News Agency 27

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Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, Apr 8, 2022 / 10:28 am (CNA).
A German diocese has defended its decision to grant a biological female who identifies as a transgender man permission to teach Catholic religion to… […]

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Catholic youth organizations urge end to Germany’s ban on abortion ads

April 6, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

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Essen, Germany, Apr 6, 2022 / 10:44 am (CNA).
The Federation of German Catholic Youth (BDKJ), an umbrella organization of Catholic children’s and youth associations, has spoken in favor of abolishing the ban… […]

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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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Cardinal Marx: ‘The Catechism is not set in stone. One is also allowed to doubt what it says’

March 31, 2022 Catholic News Agency 79

Cardinal Reinhard Marx marks ‘20 years of queer worship and pastoral care’ at St. Paul parish church, Munich, southern Germany, March 13, 2022. / erzbistummuenchen/Instagram.

Hamburg, Germany, Mar 31, 2022 / 08:10 am (CNA).
German Cardinal Rein… […]

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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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Home of Benedict XVI’s late brother opens doors to Ukrainian refugees

March 24, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer with Ukrainian refugees in front of Msgr. Georg Ratzinger’s former home. / Jakob Schötz/Diocese of Regensburg.

Regensburg, Germany, Mar 24, 2022 / 05:20 am (CNA).
The home of Pope emeritus Benedict XVI’s late brother h… […]

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Women commissioned to confer baptisms in German Catholic diocese

March 15, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck of Essen, Germany. / Nicole Cronauge/Bistum Essen.

Essen, Germany, Mar 15, 2022 / 06:00 am (CNA).
A German Catholic diocese has commissioned 17 women to administer baptisms, citing a shortfall in the number of priest… […]

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