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Even though he hasn’t had a holiday, the Pope seems refreshed. Five weeks before the great reform synod in Rome, he is promoting his vision of the Church and is confronting his opponents head-on.

Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne has said he regards the blessing of homosexual couples as a theme for the Synod on Synodality in the autumn.

The ex-head of the highest representative body of the Church lay associations in Germany has encouraged Germany’s bishops to ordain married men to the priesthood, even without approval from the Vatican.

The Archdiocese of Cologne has been beset by fresh controversy after Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki rebuked a priest who had blessed homosexual couples.

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The Catholic theologian Regina Elsner has called for the strengthening of liberal forces in the Russian Orthodox Church

Bishop Peter Kohlgraf of Mainz has criticised the withdrawal of four German bishops from the continuation of the Synodal Path reform project.

The full list of participants for the upcoming Synod of Bishops, released July 7.

Several prominent female theologians in Germany have said they have received hate mail and even death threats because they advocate reforms in the Catholic Church.