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Bavarian Benedictines retain local council seats

Three Benedictine priests retained their town council seats following Sunday’s elections in the southern German state of Bavaria.Münsterschwarzach Abbey in Bavaria, Germany. Credit: Monandowitsch/wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0.Church law states that “clerics are forbidden to assume public offices which entail a participation in the exercise of civil power.”Among the most famous cases related to the norm is that of Fr. Robert Drinan, SJ, who served as a …

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pillarcatholic.com broke the news in on Monday, March 9, 2026.
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