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Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops' conference, is projected on a screen as participants attend the third Synodal Assembly in Frankfurt Feb. 3, 2021. (CNS photo/Julia Steinbrecht, KNA)

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German Synodal Assembly opens with calls for change, but some object

Anli Serfontein|Feb 3, 2022|4 Min Read

German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising gives a statement on the Munich abuse report to the media Jan. 27, 2022. The news conference came a week after the publication of the report on abuse in his archdiocese. (CNS photo/Robert Kiderle, KNA)

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Munich cardinal to remain in office, apologizes for role in abuse cases

Catholic News Service|Jan 27, 2022|4 Min Read

German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger celebrates a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican during the interregnum after the death of Pope John Paul II, in this April 18, 2005, file photo. (CNS photo/Jerry Lampen, Reuters)

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Benedict XVI admits ‘incorrect’ info given to abuse inquiry

Inés San Martín|Jan 24, 2022|4 Min Read

The Frauenkirche, the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. (Suicasmo/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 via CNA)

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Benedict XVI, Cardinal Marx faulted in Munich abuse report

Catholic News Agency|Jan 20, 2022|5 Min Read

German Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer of Regensburg speaks in the Fulda Cathedral during the closing Mass of the Fall Plenary Assembly of the German bishops' conference Sept. 28, 2017. In an open letter to the Synodal Presidium published Jan. 11, 2022, he wrote that the debate on the use of gender-neutral language in the texts of the resolutions should not be postponed. (CNS photo/Harald Oppitz, KNA)

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German bishop criticizes Synodal Path for postponing gender-neutral debate

Catholic News Service|Jan 11, 2022|3 Min Read

Cardinal Walter Kasper. (CNA/Bohumil Petrik)

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Cardinal Kasper: Synodal Way’s ‘original sin’ was to set aside evangelization

Catholic News Agency|Nov 9, 2021|4 Min Read

Bishop Georg Bätzing celebrates Mass at the second synodal assembly in Frankfurt, Germany, on Oct. 1, 2021. (Synodaler Weg/Maximilian von Lachne via CNA)

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German ‘Synodal Way’ extended to 2023 as assembly ends abruptly after votes on sexual morality, priesthood

Catholic News Agency|Oct 4, 2021|5 Min Read

Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops' conference, speaks at the annual St. Michael's reception in Berlin Sept. 27, 2021. Bishop Bätzing criticized the Vatican's stance of refusing blessings for same-sex couples and the way it has dealt with German bishops embroiled in covering up sexual abuse in their dioceses. His speech was delivered in the presence of some 200 faith representatives and politicians, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (CNS photo/Fabian Sommer, KNA pool)

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Head of German bishops calls for courageous change in church, society

Catholic News Service|Sep 28, 2021|4 Min Read

Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer of Regensburg, southern Germany. (Julia Wächter via CNA)

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German Catholic bishop proposes alternative ‘Synodal Way’ text

Catholic News Agency|Sep 3, 2021|5 Min Read

Pope Benedict XVI gives a blessing during a visit at the cathedral in Freiburg, Germany, Sept. 24, 2011. In responses to questions posed by a German magazine, the now-retired pope referred to a speech in Freiburg in which he emphasized that the church must set itself apart from its surroundings. (CNS photo/Arnd Wiegmann, Reuters)

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Benedict XVI laments lack of faith within Church institutions in Germany

Catholic News Agency|Jul 26, 2021|3 Min Read

People walk through an area affected by flooding in Bad Münstereifel Germany, July 19, 2021. Nearly 200 people have been confirmed dead, while dozens of others remain missing after a record rainfall caused dams to burst and rivers to overflow into towns and streets across western Germany, Belgium, as well as parts of the Netherlands, Switzerland and northern France. (CNS photo/Wolfgang Rattay, Reuters)

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German churches pray, provide aid as European flooding death toll climbs

Catholic News Service|Jul 19, 2021|3 Min Read

An areal view shows flooding in Erftstadt-Blessem, Germany, July 16, 2021. Pope Francis offered prayers and expressed his closeness to the people of Germany after severe flooding in the western part of the country claimed more than 80 lives. (CNS photo/Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Reuters)

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Pope prays for victims of German floods as death toll rises

Junno Arocho Esteves|Jul 16, 2021|2 Min Read

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