Episcopal Conference: Setting the Course for Secretary-General
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The Salzburg priest Simon Weyringer was elected as the successor of Peter Schipka as general secretary.
The 46-year-old Simon Weyringer from Salzburg is the new Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference.
Finally, the Vatican will decide, but it is already clear for the Austrian Episcopal Conference: in the near future, it could have a secretary general. Bishops criticise the social assistance and assisted suicide.
The new Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference, the Salzburger Simon Weyringer, says neither yes nor no to deacons. Immediately after the election, he does not rule out being a placeholder for a woman in office. That would be "no shame."
Simon Weyringer becomes the new Secretary General of the Austrian Episcopal Conference. The pastor and Bible scholar follows Peter Schipka, who voluntarily resigns from his office. In the future, the office will also be open to women and lay people.
Simon Weyringer becomes the new Secretary General of the Austrian Bishops' Conference. A change of statute should open this office for women in the future.
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