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German Catholic Bishops’ Leader: Ecumenical Event ‘Not About Intercommunion’
Bishop Bätzing, the bishop of Limburg, noted that he would celebrate Mass in Frankfurt Cathedral on Saturday, the day on which German Catholics and Protestants are invited to attend services in one another’s churches.
German Foreign Minister Welcomes Day of Same-Sex Blessings Ahead of Papal Audience
Talking to reporters after his private audience with the pope, Maas said that he and Pope Francis discussed the coronavirus pandemic, the future of Europe, violence in Jerusalem, Latin America, and the clerical abuse crisis.
German Catholic Group Calls on Bishops to Unite with Rome
Maria 1.0 is inviting “all Catholics and people of goodwill” to say a decade of the rosary on May 10, thus expressing their bond with the Virgin Mary and the whole Church.
German Catholic Diocese Hosts Event Declaring Same-Sex Blessings a Case of ‘Not If, But How’
One participating professor suggested that blessings of homosexual unions should take the form of comprehensive and festive liturgies, including the proclamation of the word, a prayer of blessing, intercessions, and the exchange of rings.
Biden’s 100 Days and German Protestants Receiving Communion
President Joe Biden has reached the 100-Day milestone for his Administration, and Catholics are assessing his record. Register correspondent Lauretta Brown joins us with a progress report for the nation’s second Catholic president. And then, we get an update from Rome from the Register’s Rome correspondent Edward Pentin on his recent coverage of an upcoming Vatican conference that gives prime time to the CEOs of COVID-19 vaccine producers Moderna and Pfizer as well as a report on a push from the German bishops to allow Protestants to receive the Holy Eucharist.
German Catholics and Protestants Pursue Intercommunion Despite Vatican Objections
“The doors are open,” said Sternberg, who is also co-president of the German Church’s controversial “Synodal Way,” together with the German Catholic bishops’ conference president Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg.
Survey: One in Three Catholics in Germany Thinking of Leaving Church
In June 2019, Pope Francis sent a 28-page letter to German Catholics urging them to focus on evangelization in the face of a “growing erosion and deterioration of faith.”
Vatican’s Doctrinal Office Critiques German Theologians' Intercommunion Call
The 57-page text advocated “reciprocal Eucharistic hospitality” between Catholics and Protestants, based on previous ecumenical agreements on the Eucharist and ministry.
Survey Finds 30% of German Catholics Are Considering Leaving Church
The survey follows the release of official figures last month which showed that a record number of Catholics formally left the Church in Germany in 2019.
