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Cardinal Rainer Woelki

Cardinal Woelki’s powerful speech on the Eucharist

June 01, 2018

The cardinal used Cologne's Corpus Christi procession to give a robust defence of traditional teaching on Communion

Intercommunion and the German bishops: this is what a ‘synodal’ Church looks like

May 04, 2018

The Vatican has failed to come down clearly on either side of the German intercommunion debate

German bishops ask Vatican to intervene on Communion for Protestants proposal

April 04, 2018

They warn that the German Bishops' Conference may have gone too far

Morning Catholic must-reads: 06/05/16

September 06, 2016

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Morning Catholic must-reads: 28/04/16

April 28, 2016

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Christian refugees are under threat from other asylum seekers, says German bishop

February 19, 2016

Cardinal Rainer Woelki said Christian persecution was not a topic of 'bygone ages'

Bishops urge Germany and Austria to keep on accepting refugees

January 29, 2016

We cannot let borders be closed to suffering people, says Bishop of Trier

Pope backs us on Communion for the remarried, says German official

November 28, 2013

Freiburg spokesman says local Church has authority to issue new guidelines

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