Bishop Georg Batzing, president of the German bishops' conference, defended the plan for "ecumenically mindful" reception of Communion in Catholic and Protestant services during Germany's ecumenical congress May 13-16. The bishop told KNA, Germany's Catholic news ...
In the latest editorial, the Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board raises concerns about the Church in Germany. They write: “Of increasing concern to the unity of the universal Church has been the Church in Germany, ...
A much-anticipated report on the handling of abuse cases in the Archdiocese of Cologne exonerates Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki but incriminates Hamburg Archbishop Stefan Hesse and Cologne Auxiliary Bishop Dominik Schwaderlapp. The report by the law ...
Contributing editor Russell Shaw explores the ongoing Synodal Path being undertaken by Church authorities in Germany. Shaw writes: “As in several other churches, synods have existed in the Catholic Church for a long time. … ...
The German bishops' conference elected a woman as general secretary during a virtual assembly that turned into a crisis meeting focused on the church's handling of sex abuse. Beate Gilles, a 50-year-old theologian, became the first ...
In other years, the glitter of Nuremberg's Christmas market during Advent attracts around 2 million visitors from all over the world. This year, because of COVID19, everything is different, and the city estimates the economic ...
People gathered in Trier's cathedral the evening of Dec. 1 to pray for the victims of a lone attacker who plowed his SUV into Christmas shoppers, killing five people and seriously injuring about a dozen ...
Lutheran and Catholic churches in Switzerland and Germany are planning for people to celebrate religious Christmas services at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Germany, Matthias Kopp, spokesman for the Catholic bishops' conference, said Catholic ...
The German Catholic bishops' conference and the council of the Evangelical Church in Germany plan to continue their discussions about shared Communion, reported the German Catholic news agency, KNA. German Catholic and Protestant theologians and bishops ...
A new survey of heads of German Catholic religious orders found abuse allegations against at least 654 members over a period of decades, reported the German Catholic news agency KNA. The survey of 392 orders found ...
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