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Spanish theologian warns German Synodal Way poses great danger to the Church

January 21, 2022 Catholic News Agency 8

Thomas Sternberg and Bishop Georg Bätzing at the Synodal Way’s second Synodal Assembly in Frankfurt, Germany, Sept. 30, 2021. / Synodaler Weg/Maximilian von Lachner.

Alcalá de Henares, Spain, Jan 21, 2022 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
Spanish theologian Fr… […]

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Ahead of key ‘Synodal Way’ meeting, lay leader says: ‘What matters now is the ability to compromise’

September 6, 2021 Catholic News Agency 6

Thomas Sternberg, president of the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK), speaks at a ‘Synodal Way’ press conference. / Rudolf Gehrig/CNA Deutsch.

Bonn, Germany, Sep 6, 2021 / 23:00 pm (CNA).
Ahead of a crucial meeting for Germany’s contro… […]

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Breaking: German Catholic bishop proposes alternative ‘Synodal Way’ text

September 3, 2021 Catholic News Agency 5

Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer of Regensburg, southern Germany. / Julia Wächter.

Regensburg, Germany, Sep 3, 2021 / 04:00 am (CNA).
A German Catholic bishop on Friday proposed an alternative text for the country’s controversial “Synodal Way.”Bishop R… […]

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More than 220,000 people left the Catholic Church in Germany in 2020

July 14, 2021 CNA Daily News 23

Bonn, Germany, Jul 14, 2021 / 07:00 am More than 220,000 people left Catholic Church in Germany in 2020, according to official figures released on Wednesday. The statistics issued by the German bishops’ conference on July 14 […]

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Cardinal Kasper ‘very worried’ about German Church’s ‘Synodal Way’

June 10, 2021 Catholic News Agency 16

Cardinal Walter Kasper. / CNA/Bohumil Petrik.

Passau, Germany, Jun 10, 2021 / 03:35 am (CNA).
An influential theologian considered to be close to Pope Francis has said that he is “very worried” about the German Catholic Church’s controversial “S… […]

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Archbishop Aquila: Germany’s synodal path needs repentance, belief, truth

May 26, 2021 Catholic News Agency 10

Denver, Colo., May 26, 2021 / 10:00 am (CNA). The German Catholic bishops and those involved in the synodal path of the Church in Germany must be the first to “repent and believe”, even as […]

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Blessing same-sex couples a diabolical and sacrilegious act, priest affirms

May 11, 2021 Catholic News Agency 13

Mexico City, Mexico, May 11, 2021 / 14:19 pm (CNA). Fr. Hugo Valdemar, canon penitentiary of the Archdiocese of Mexico, said that the blessing that priests and pastoral workers gave May 10 to homosexual couples […]

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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 bishop confronts theologian for claiming Catholics against ‘gender equality’ are racist

April 26, 2021 Catholic News Agency 19

Passau, Germany, Apr 26, 2021 / 16:01 pm (CNA). A German professor of theology and advocate for the ordination of women to the priesthood has come under criticism for claiming it was “racist” to oppose […]

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Bishop urges prayer, fasting in response to blessings of same-sex couples in Germany

April 19, 2021 Catholic News Agency 30

San Sebastian, Spain, Apr 19, 2021 / 17:01 pm (CNA). In response to a planned day of blessings for same-sex partners in Germany, the Bishop of San Sebastián on Wednesday called on Catholics to join […]

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