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Bishop Georg Bätzing

Vatican warns German bishops of ‘legal consequences’ over disputed ‘Synodal Committee’

February 19, 2024

ROME – As the German bishops meet this week to advance their national reform process, the Vatican has threatened canonical action if they refuse to comply with an order to halt a vote on the statutes of a controversial new committee that had previously been disapproved. As part of their current Feb. 19-22 general assembly

German diocese under prominent progressive bishop sees no annual ordinations for first time in 200 years

January 25, 2024

The diocese under the tenure of the president of the German bishops’ conference and its Synodaler Weg – German Synodal Way – has ordained no priests in an annual period for the first time since its creation in 1821. The Diocese of Limburg in western Germany, which is led by Bishop Georg Bätzing, in 2023

Head of German Catholic bishops: ‘I do not deny Communion to a Protestant who asks for it’

February 26, 2021

Bishop Georg Bätzing told journalists at a press conference on Feb. 25 that it was necessary to respect the “personal decision of conscience” of those seeking to receive Communion.

Pope Francis ‘appreciates’ the ‘Synodal Way,’ says German bishop after private audience

June 29, 2020

Bishop Georg Bätzing says he feels 'strengthened' to 'continue on the path we have taken'