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Pope’s meeting on church future says it’s ‘urgent’ to guarantee governance roles for women
1 year, 1 month ago

Pope’s meeting on church future says it’s ‘urgent’ to guarantee governance roles for women

Associated Press  

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ big gathering of Catholic bishops and laypeople said Saturday it was “urgent” to guarantee fuller participation of women in church governance positions and called for research on allowing women to be deacons to be released within a year. In a novelty, Francis allowed women and laypeople to vote alongside bishops, putting into practice his belief …

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German church reform assembly calls for same-sex blessings
1 year, 9 months ago

German church reform assembly calls for same-sex blessings

Associated Press  

BERLIN — A meeting between Germany’s Catholic bishops and lay representatives agreed Friday to call for the church to approve blessings of same-sex unions. The three-day gathering, which is part of the “Synodal Path” launched in 2019 in response to the sex abuse crisis that has rocked the church in Germany and many other countries, brings together more than 200 …

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Contentious German church reform assembly opens last meeting
1 year, 9 months ago

Contentious German church reform assembly opens last meeting

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany’s Catholic bishops and lay representatives gathered on Thursday for the final meeting of a potentially groundbreaking reform assembly that has been marked by tensions between liberalizers and conservatives and is drawing increasingly open opposition from the Vatican. However, Pope Francis himself said in a January interview with The Associated Press that the process might become harmfully “ideological.” …

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Pope warns German church reform process elitist, ideological
1 year, 10 months ago

Pope warns German church reform process elitist, ideological

Associated Press  

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has warned there’s a risk that a reform process in the German Catholic Church over calls for married priests and other possible liberalizing reforms might become harmfully “ideological.” In an interview with The Associated Press at the Vatican on Tuesday, Francis was asked about the process in Germany, where Catholic bishops and representatives of an …

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German bishops assure Vatican but vow to proceed with reform
2 years, 1 month ago

German bishops assure Vatican but vow to proceed with reform

Associated Press  

VATICAN CITY — Germany’s Catholic bishops insisted Saturday that their reform process won’t lead to a schism and vowed to see it through, after tense meetings with Vatican officials who want a moratorium on proposals to ordain women, bless same-sex unions and rethink church teaching on sexuality. The periodic once-every-five-year visit took on far greater import this time given the …

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Pope at 85: Gloves come off as Francis’ reform hits stride
3 years ago

Pope at 85: Gloves come off as Francis’ reform hits stride

Associated Press  

ROME — Pope Francis celebrated his 85th birthday on Friday, a milestone made even more remarkable given the coronavirus pandemic, his summertime intestinal surgery and the weight of history: His predecessor retired at this age and the last pope to have lived any longer was Leo XIII over a century ago. “In the past year, Pope Francis has accelerated his …

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German Catholics to bless gay unions despite Vatican ban
3 years, 7 months ago

German Catholics to bless gay unions despite Vatican ban

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany’s powerful Catholic progressives are openly defying a recent Holy See pronouncement that priests cannot bless same-sex unions by offering such blessings at services in about 100 different churches all over the country this week. The blessings at open worship services are the latest pushback from German Catholics against a document released in March by the Vatican’s orthodoxy …

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