German Archdiocese Plans to Cut Parishes From 1,000 to 40
In a July 14 letter to archdiocesan staff, Archbishop Burger described the proposal as an “adequate response to the challenges facing our archdiocese.”
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Pope Benedict XVI Visits His Ailing Brother in Germany
Pope emeritus Benedict XVI, 93, made the journey from Rome to his Bavarian homeland with his personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein.
Pope Benedict XVI Responds to Criticism of His Essay on the Church and the Sexual Abuse Crisis
Released in April, Pope Benedict’s essay described the impact of the sexual revolution as well as – independent from it – a collapse of moral theology in the 1960’s, before suggesting how the Church should respond by recognizing that “only obedience and love for our Lord Jesus Christ can point the way.”
‘The Situation is Dramatic’: On the Papal Letter to Catholics in Germany
Monsignor Michael Fuchs, Vicar General of the Diocese of Regensburg, has published a reflection on the June 29 letter Pope Francis wrote to Catholics in Germany, in which the pope called for a focus on evangelization in the face of the “erosion” and “decline of the faith” in the country.
