The theologian Magnus Striet has called recent statements by Pope Francis about the Synodal Path reform process in Germany “irritating,” especially his accusation that it is an elitist project.
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The Christian faith is almost irrelevant, according to the president of the French Bishops’ Conference. “It no longer gives the majority of people in our countries a basis for their lives, their actions, for weighing decisions, for their views of the world,” said Archbishop Eric de Moulins-Beaufort.
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Insomnia was apparently the decisive reason for Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation in February 2013.
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The idea of a “Christian Europe” is a thing of the past, according to Luxembourg Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich.
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The Vatican’s rejection of the planned establishment of a “Synodal Council” of the Catholic Church in Germany has met with a mixed response from bishops.
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The Vatican has rejected the planned creation of a “Synodal Council” in a letter to the German Bishops’ Conference amid an ongoing dispute over the Synodal Path reform consultations in the Catholic Church in Germany.
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The Vatican’s internationally renowned expert on child protection, Hans Zollner, has said the German government is too restrained in its dealing with the churches on the issue of child abuse.
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Current Catholic reform issues must focus more on fundamental problems, according to the theologians Karl-Heinz Menke and Magnus Striet.
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Vienna-based dogma professor Jan-Heiner Tueck has said he sees three possible scenarios for the Catholic Church following the death of Benedict XVI, while admitting that the challenges involved in Pope Francis’ reform project will require all his strength to bring it to a conclusion.
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Dr Luke Macnamara, a scripture scholar at St Patrick’s Pontifical University Maynooth, reminds us of how we can learn from the Apostles when listening for the ways of the Spirit.
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