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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.