Tag: German Catholics

The Synodal Way “give[s] us the tailwind we need for concrete changes in our diocese,” Bishop Franz-Josef Bode of Osnabrück said

In a letter, the 94-year-old former pope said that his pain was all the greater as he had “borne great responsibility in the Catholic Church”

Letter of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI addressing the report on abuse in the Archdiocese of Munich-Freising

"For many priests, it would be better if they were married," the influential archbishop of Munich and Freising said

Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni also said it intended to examine the report, "the contents of which are not currently known"

Pope Benedict also warned Catholics against the danger of seeking a “flight into pure doctrine”

The statistics issued by the German bishops’ conference on July 14 showed that 221,390 people exited the Catholic Church last year

Cardinal Marx offered to resign, saying he had to share institutional responsibility for sexual abuse by clerics over past decades

Cardinal Marx said churchmen had to take personal responsibility for institutional failings

Archbishop Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne welcomed the Vatican decision to send inspectors