Reform debate rumbles following end of Synodal Path
The Synodal Path in Germany may have ended but that hasn’t stopped the Church reform debate in the country.
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Austria’s bishops praise Pope Francis’ “cultural change”
Austria’s bishops support the worldwide synodal process of the Catholic Church launched by Pope Francis, but are exerting less pressure than the German Synodal Path.
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Court postpones compensation lawsuit against Ratzinger/Benedict XVI
The Traunstein Regional Court in Bavaria has postponed a hearing in a compensation lawsuit brought against the late Pope Benedict XVI and other Church officials.
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German bishop Wilmer says Synodal Path reform decisions must be clarified with Rome
Bishop Heiner Wilmer of Hildesheim has urged Catholics to be patient in the wake of the conclusion of the Synodal Path reform consultations in the Catholic Church in Germany.
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German dioceses take different approaches on implementing Synodal Path reform decisions
Following the completion of the Synodal Path reform consultations, two German dioceses will adopt different approaches to implementing the resolution on providing blessing ceremonies for same-sex couples or remarried divorcees.
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German theologian criticises bishops after Synodal Path, says they ‘won’t relinquish any of their power’
Following the conclusion of the Synodal Path at the weekend, the eastern German theology professor Julia Knop has sharply criticised the outcome of the Catholic reform project in Germany and the behaviour of the bishops.
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German Synodal Path adopts reform texts and avoids schism
The last plenary assembly of the Synodal Path, the project for reforms within the Catholic Church in Germany, ended on Saturday with debates, compromises and decisions on Church reforms.
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EXCLUSIVE: Women to be allowed to preach at Holy Mass in Germany
A paper was adopted by the Synodal Assembly in Frankfurt on Friday morning, with a majority of about 90 percent committed to to strengthening the role of women in Catholic worship services
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Cardinal Marx calls for reform of Catholic teaching on sexuality
Munich Cardinal Reinhard Marx has called for a more positive view of sexuality and a reform of Catholic doctrine relating to it.
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Diocese of Achonry leading the way as 300 members commissioned onto parish pastoral councils
More than 300 people from the twenty-three parishes of the diocese of Achonry gathered on February 17th in the Cathedral of The Annunciation and St Nathy, Ballaghaderreen. The occasion for this gathering was a commissioning, by Bishop Paul Dempsey, of parish pastoral councils from around the diocese.
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