US EditionBishop Bätzing Sees No Controversy with Pope Leo Xiv.
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At the opening of this year's General Assembly of the German Bishops' Conference (DBK) in Fulda, its chairman, Bishop Georg Bätzing, confirmed that there were no controversies about the reform movement of the Catholic Church in Germany with the new Pope Leo XIV. His recent statements in a much-noticed interview on the blessings of same-sex couples were not in conflict with the Synodal Way. [image-9-h]At the beginning of the press conference, the…
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In Fulda the German bishops meet. Their problem: they do not yet know to what extent the new Pope contributes their reform efforts. And they do not necessarily agree with each other.
The Church in Germany sees no reason to withdraw from blessing same-sex couples, said Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German Episcopate.
The German bishops in Fulda are addressing the recent statements of Pope Leo XIV. While this statement has previously been met with much sympathy, disillusionment is now setting in among reform-oriented believers.
At the start of the Bishops' Conference in Fulda, Georg Bätzing sharply criticized Israel's action in the Gaza Strip. "It is contemptible what is happening there," said the Limburg Bishop – and demanded a two-state solution.
The programme of the Autumn Plenary Assembly includes the Pope's recent statements, migration, church reforms and the situation in the Middle East.
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