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Abuse commission of Church in Germany defends citing Michel Foucault

April 13, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

The Square Michel Foucault in Paris. Credit: J. Maughn via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

Rome Newsroom, Apr 13, 2021 / 15:15 pm (CNA).
The abuse commission of the Catholic Church in Germany has defended its citation of French philosop… […]

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German Catholic leader criticizes request to halt public worship in Holy Week

March 23, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

CNA Staff, Mar 23, 2021 / 05:00 am (CNA).- Germany’s leading Catholic bishop on Tuesday criticized a request to halt public worship during a “hard lockdown” from Holy Thursday to Easter Monday.

Responding to an announcement by Chance… […]

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German Catholic archbishop offers to resign from office after abuse report findings

March 18, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

CNA Staff, Mar 18, 2021 / 03:00 pm (CNA).- A German Catholic archbishop announced on Thursday that he was offering his resignation to Pope Francis and requesting “immediate release” from all duties.

Archbishop Stefan Heße of Hamburg … […]

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‘We have finally established clarity’: an interview with Cardinal Woelki on the Gercke report

March 18, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

CNA Staff, Mar 18, 2021 / 06:05 am (CNA).- It is probably the most comprehensive and transparent study ever commissioned by a German institution on the subject of sexualized violence against minors: The publication of the 800-page, independent Gercke R… […]

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German cardinal facing calls to resign welcomes release of independent abuse report

March 18, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

CNA Staff, Mar 18, 2021 / 06:00 am (CNA).- A German cardinal facing calls to resign welcomed on Thursday the release of a long-awaited report on the handling of abuse cases in his archdiocese.

In an interview with CNA Deutsch, CNA’s German-langu… […]

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German Catholics and Protestants pursue intercommunion despite Vatican objections

March 16, 2021 CNA Daily News 1

CNA Staff, Mar 16, 2021 / 01:00 pm (CNA).- Catholics and Protestants in Germany announced on Tuesday that they would press ahead with intercommunion at an event in May despite Vatican objections.

In a March 16 press release, organizers of the third Ec… […]

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