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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

Why would women want to be Catholic priests when they can be Saints instead

January 04, 2024

The leaders of the German Synodal Way decided to make waves in 2023 by leaving Biblical theology and anthropology at the door and endorsing whatever they thought secular society wanted them to endorse. This included female ordination. There are some very compelling reasons why we do not need women priests in the Catholic Church, and

Cardinal Kasper joins criticism of Synodal Path

October 24, 2022

German prelate Cardinal Walter Kasper, the former President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, has called Germany’s Synodal Path a “failure” in an interview with Communio, joining fellow German cardinals Gerhard Müller and Reinhard Marx, who have also expressed their concerns to different degrees. Cardinal Kasper said the Church would only have a

Synodal Path hits the accelerator as European divide deepens

August 26, 2022

Synodal Path set to vote on all-important council, despite global evidence that liberalism will not save the German Church Next month, participants in the Synodal Path in Germany will vote on whether to create a permanent council to oversee the German Church, a move likely to concern the Vatican, which recently came out swinging against

The Synodal Path can’t defeat demographics

July 29, 2022

The Vatican came out swinging last week against the German Synodal Path. The Holy See issued a statement, warning that the movement – designed to give lay members a say in running the Church – lacks the authority to instruct bishops on doctrine or morality, and warned of the dangers of schism. The Synodal Path

Pope warns about Synodal Path as German Catholicism collapses

July 21, 2022

The Holy See issued a statement on Thursday, warning that Germany’s ‘Synodal Path’ – a movement designed to give lay members a say in the running of the Catholic Church – lacks the authority to instruct bishops on doctrine or morality, and warned of the dangers of splitting the Church. In a statement issued by

Cardinal Arinze upholds the values of Church teaching

June 29, 2022

Cardinal Francis Arinze, whom Simon Caldwell interviews in this magazine, carries particular authority in the Church. He is almost 90, and his age gives him a valuably long perspective on events. He was made a bishop in time to attend the last session of the Second Vatican Council when Apostolicam Actuositatem, the decree concerning the

Cardinal Kasper: Synodal Way’s ‘original sin’ was to set aside evangelisation

November 10, 2021

Munich, Germany, Nov 9, 2021 / 14:00 pm An influential Catholic theologian has said that the German Synodal Way’s “original sin” was setting aside Pope Francis’ call to focus on evangelisation. Cardinal Walter Kasper has repeatedly expressed concern about the multi-year process bringing together Germany’s bishops and laypeople to discuss the way power is exercised in the