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The Pope Rejected German Intercommunion Handout. Does That Mean He Rejects Intercommunion?

News broke this morning that the German bishops, who have enjoyed unprecedented favor and influence during the pontificate of Pope Francis, have suffered a surprising rejection from Rome, where the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) has refused — with papal approval — to accept guidelines allowing some Protestants to receive Holy Communion … Read more

Push For Greater Acceptance of Homosexual Unions Continues in German Church

Since the beginning of this year, there seems to be an intensification of progressivist activity within the Catholic Church in Germany in order to liberalize the Church’s teaching on, and assessment of, homosexuality. As if a dam has broken, one initiative rapidly follows another. It seems as if Germany might become the guiding country with … Read more

Cardinal Müller Suggests He Had Not Voted for the Unanimous German Report at 2015 Family Synod

Cardinal Gerhard Müller, the former Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), keeps surprising us. After recently publicly speaking about the current atmosphere of fear and of censorship in the Vatican under Pope Francis, the German cardinal now suggests by way of implication that he himself never gave his consent to … Read more

German Protestant Theologian: Cardinal Müller Refused to Head Up Female Deacon Commission

Image: Professor Thomas Schirrmacher (By Christliches Medienmagazin pro, via Wikimedia Commons) Today, the Austrian Catholic website Kath.net published an interview with Professor Thomas Schirrmacher who is a prominent German Protestant theologian and Associate General Secretary of the World Evangelical Alliance; and he has as such also participated at both Family Synods in Rome in 2014 … Read more

Oldest German Diocese to Close 96% of Parishes

Bishop Stephan Ackermann of the Diocese of Trier, in Germany, has announced that the diocese will be closing almost all of its parishes. From Gloria.tv: Trier diocese, the oldest in Germany, will dissolve its 903 parishes and reduce them to 35, liberal Bishop Stephan Ackermann (54) explained on Friday during an information meeting of the … Read more

Polish Bishops’ Conference: No Communion for the “Remarried”

Poland, Castle Yesterday, 7 June, the Polish Bishops’ Conference ended its General Assembly in the Polish city of Zakopane. According to the official website of the German bishops Katholisch.de, the speaker of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Pawel Rytel-Andrianik said that the teaching of the Church with regard to Holy Communion for those people who live … Read more

Two German Dioceses Did Not Ordain Any New Priest This Year

Image: Osnabrück, St. Peter’s Cathedral The official website of the German bishops, Katholisch.de, reported on 2 June that the Diocese of Osnabrück and of Mainz (the home diocese of Cardinal Gerhard Müller) will not ordain any priests this year. As Katholisch.de writes: The number of priestly ordinations in the Catholic Church in Germany seems obviously … Read more

On Married Priests, Cardinal Kasper Says Pope Wants Proposals from Bishops’ Conferences

Today, the German Bishops’ official website, Katholisch.de, published an interview with Cardinal Walter Kasper on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of his own priestly ordination. In this context, the German cardinal also made some significant statements regarding the question of the viri probati — that is to say, on the ordination of married and morally … Read more

Pope Praises Controversial Maltese Bishops Guidelines

During the 2014 and 2015 synods on marriage and the family, the issue that rose to greatest prominence and concern was the so-called “Kasper Proposal” — a pastoral allowance suggested by Cardinal Walter Kasper of Germany that would create provisions to give the sacraments of Confession and Holy Communion to Catholics who are divorced and living … Read more

L’Osservatore Romano Reports on the German Pastoral Guidelines and Softens and Blurs Its Controversial Parts

On 3 February 2017, the Vatican’s official newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, published an article presenting the new pastoral guidelines concerning marriage as published by the German Bishops’ Conference on 1 February. This fact in itself is already newsworthy and of great importance, especially since the new German guidelines are, first of all, approvingly presented and not … Read more

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