Prayers for ailing Benedict in retired Pope’s native Bavaria
Marktl am Inn, Germany AP People in Pope Benedict XVI’s Bavarian homeland prayed Thursday for the retired pontiff, a favourite son of the region even 40 years after he left Germany for the Vatican and nearly a decade after his resignation stunned the world. At the St Oswald church in the small town of Marktl […]
Vatican cardinal cites Nazi theology in German reform
Rome, ItalyAP The German Catholic Church’s reform process is again under fire from the Holy See, with a Vatican cardinal seemingly comparing its proposals for theological development to the thinking that sustained Germany’s Nazi era. The furor launched by Swiss Cardinal Kurt Koch, who heads the Holy See’s office for Christian unity, marks the latest […]
Vatican puts brakes on progressive German Catholic movement
Vatican City Reuters The Vatican on Thursday slammed the brakes on a German progressive movement that aims to give lay Catholics a say in doctrinal matters such as homosexuality and women priests, saying this risked causing a schism in the universal Church. A short but stern statement said the so-called “Synodal Path” could not assume […]