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German ‘Synodal Way’ members back text calling for women priests

February 4, 2022 Catholic News Agency 6

‘Synodal Way’ flags fly in front of the Congress Center Messe Frankfurt in Germany. / Max von Lachner/Synodal Way.

Frankfurt, Germany, Feb 4, 2022 / 11:57 am (CNA).
Participants in the German Catholic Church’s “Synodal Way” voted on Friday in f… […]

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German Catholic bishop: Benedict XVI did not want to cover up clerical abuse

February 4, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope emeritus Benedict XVI. / Paul Badde/CNA.

Rome Newsroom, Feb 4, 2022 / 05:00 am (CNA).
Benedict XVI never sought to cover up cases of sex abuse by clergy. That is the conviction of the German Bishop Stefan Oster.In a reflection published on… […]

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‘Is a new Reformation dawning in Germany?’ Initiative writes to bishops around the world

February 3, 2022 Catholic News Agency 8

The ‘Synodal Way’ began Dec. 1, 2019. / Rudolf Gehrig/CNA Deutsch.

Munich, Germany, Feb 3, 2022 / 15:25 pm (CNA).
As the opening assembly of the Synodal Way is taking place in Germany, the “New Beginning” initiative has warned of a schism arisi… […]

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‘There was no real interest in their suffering’: Cardinal Marx apologizes to victims after Munich abuse report

January 27, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Cardinal Reinhard Marx speaks at a press conference in Munich, Germany, Jan. 27, 2022. / Screenshot from erzbistum-muenchen.de.

Munich, Germany, Jan 27, 2022 / 04:09 am (CNA).
Cardinal Reinhard Marx offered a personal apology to abuse survivors… […]

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Munich abuse report: Cardinal Wetter apologizes for mishandling case

January 25, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Cardinal Friedrich Wetter. / Whuke via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0 de).

Munich, Germany, Jan 25, 2022 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
Cardinal Friedrich Wetter, archbishop of Munich and Freising from 1982 to 2007, apologized on Tuesday for mishandling an abuse c… […]

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German Catholic bishops welcome initiative seeking change in Church teaching on sexuality

January 25, 2022 Catholic News Agency 31

Bishop Helmut Dieser, chairman of the Synodal Way forum on ‘Living in Successful Relationships,’ welcomes the #OutInChurch campaign, Jan. 24, 2022. / Screenshot from Deutsche Bischofskonferenz YouTube channel.

Aachen, Germany, Jan 25, 2022 / 04… […]

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Benedict XVI confirms he attended disputed 1980 meeting in Munich

January 24, 2022 Catholic News Agency 4

Pope emeritus Benedict XVI, pictured in summer 2017. / EWTN/Paul Badde.

Munich, Germany, Jan 24, 2022 / 03:38 am (CNA).
Pope emeritus Benedict XVI has apologized for mistakenly saying that he did not attend a disputed meeting in 1980 while serv… […]

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Cardinal Marx ‘shocked and ashamed’ by Munich abuse report

January 20, 2022 Catholic News Agency 8

Cardinal Reinhard Marx, pictured in June 2016. / Degreezero via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Munich, Germany, Jan 20, 2022 / 09:20 am (CNA).
Cardinal Reinhard Marx said on Thursday that he was “shocked and ashamed” at the findings of a report crit… […]

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Benedict XVI, Cardinal Marx faulted in Munich abuse report

January 20, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

The Frauenkirche, the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. / Suicasmo via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Munich, Germany, Jan 20, 2022 / 05:49 am (CNA).
A long-awaited report on the handling of abuse cases in Germany’s Archdiocese of… […]

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German Catholic bishop criticizes delay in Synodal Way gender-neutral language debate

January 12, 2022 Catholic News Agency 4

Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer speaks at a press conference on June 22, 2020. / Diocese of Regensburg.

Regensburg, Germany, Jan 12, 2022 / 06:20 am (CNA).
A Catholic bishop has criticized leaders of Germany’s “Synodal Way” for delaying a debate on g… […]

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