
Bishop Bätzing: Most German Catholics Support Synodal Way, No Danger of Schism
The bishop of Limburg and chairman of the German bishops’ conference said he sees no Vatican obstacles getting in the way of German Synodal Way ambitions.
The bishop of Limburg and chairman of the German bishops’ conference said he sees no Vatican obstacles getting in the way of German Synodal Way ambitions.
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Despite a statement by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith rejecting support for same-sex blessings, the bishop has inferred based on personal conversations with the Holy Father that he's supportive.
The bad example of priests, says the doctor of the Church, ‘robs Jesus Christ of souls redeemed by his blood.’
Krzysztof Gawrysiak has founded a website in response to sobering reports of suicidal tendencies among young people in order to combat this ‘pandemic of loneliness.’
‘This is the first time in history that the Catholic Church has opened its doors and allowed a tradition which was fostered in the years of the Reformation to enter into full communion with the Church…’
The great Doctor of the Church reminds us that, in times when ‘God has so many enemies and so few friends,’ we must strive to become holier and ensure ‘that these few friends be good ones.’
Permitting the liturgy to take place last week at the pope’s cathedral in Rome was a breach of the Vatican’s ecumenical directives, and St. John Lateran officials afterward expressed ‘deep regret’ for their mistake.
Political commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek and her father will be received Into the Church Sunday.
St. Mary’s Church which belongs to a long-established English Catholic family, was set to close until the Ordinariate for former Anglicans stepped in and now it's thriving.
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