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Limburg Bishop Georg Batzing speaks during a March 3, 2020, news conference in Mainz after being elected as the new president of the German bishops' conference. Bishop Batzing, regarded as an advocate of reforms in the Catholic Church, succeeds Cardinal Reinhard Marx, pictured at left. (CNS photo/Harald Oppitz, KNA)

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Batzing: Women deacons possible after 'Synodal Way'

Catholic News Agency|Mar 10, 2020|4 Min Read

Limburg Bishop Georg Batzing speaks during a March 3, 2020, news conference in Mainz after being elected as the new president of the German bishops' conference. Bishop Batzing, regarded as an advocate of reforms in the Catholic Church, succeeds Cardinal Reinhard Marx. (CNS photo/Harald Oppitz, KNA)

German Catholics, California both live up to their billing in Super Tuesday votes

John L. Allen Jr.|Mar 5, 2020|5 Min Read

Limburg Bishop Georg Batzing speaks during a March 3, 2020, news conference in Mainz after being elected as the new president of the German bishops' conference. Bishop Batzing, regarded as an advocate of reforms in the Catholic Church, succeeds Cardinal Reinhard Marx, pictured at left. (CNS photo/Harald Oppitz, KNA)

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Limburg Bishop Georg Batzing elected president of German bishops' conference

Catholic News Service|Mar 3, 2020|3 Min Read

In an effort to end politicization of the office, Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer of Regensburg has proposed rotating the presidency of the German bishops' conference. Bishop Voderholzer is pictured in a Sept. 25, 2017, photo. (CNS photo/Harald Oppitz, KNA)

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Bishop proposes rotating presidency of German bishops' conference

Catholic News Service|Feb 27, 2020|2 Min Read

Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, Germany, center, arrives at the Fulda cathedral Sept. 24, 2019. The 2020 spring assembly of the German bishops' conference in Mainz will be dominated by the March 3 election of a successor to Cardinal Marx, current conference president. (CNS photo/Julia Steinbrecht, KNA)

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German bishops' meeting to include election of new president

Catholic News Service|Feb 21, 2020|2 Min Read

In this Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019 file photo, Cardinal Reinhard Marx leaves at the end of a media briefing during a four-day sex abuse summit called by Pope Francis in Rome, Italy. Marx, head of the German Bishops Conference, says he will step down at the end of his term in March. (Alessandra Tarantino/AP via Crux)

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Cardinal Marx to step down as head of German bishops

Elise Ann Allen|Feb 11, 2020|4 Min Read

Auxiliary Bishop Karlheinz Diez of Fulda speaks Jan. 31, 2020, with synodal assembly participants in Frankfurt. (CNS photo/Harald Oppitz, KNA)

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Germany's synodal assembly draws praise, criticism from participants

Catholic News Service|Feb 3, 2020|4 Min Read

A cross is displayed during a meeting of the Central Committee of German Catholics in Bonn Nov. 22, 2019. Catholic leaders in Germany have compiled responses from lay Catholics in areas related to who holds power in the church, sexual morals, the role of priests and the place of women in church offices in preparation for an upcoming synodal assembly to debate church reforms. (CNS photo/Harald Oppitz, KNA)

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Germany's synodal assembly a step to rebuilding church's credibility

Catholic News Service|Jan 20, 2020|4 Min Read

Matthias Kopp, spokesman for the German bishops' conference, is pictured in Stuttgart Sept. 13, 2013. (CNS photo/Harald Oppitz, KNA)

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German Catholics complete final preparations for 'synodal way'

Jonathan Luxmoore|Dec 10, 2019|4 Min Read

Cardinal Reinhard Marx at the Vatican Press Office on Oct. 17, 2014. (Bohumil Petrik/CNA)

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Marx says German 'synod' will proceed despite Vatican objections

Ed Condon|Sep 17, 2019|5 Min Read

Cardinal Reinhard Marx and ZdK Chairman Thomas Sternberg on July 5

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German bishops to green light binding 'Synodal Assembly'

Ed Condon|Sep 6, 2019|7 Min Read

Pope Francis meets with German bishops during their ad limina visit Nov. 20

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Pope Francis tells German Catholics to focus on evangelization

Courtney Mares|Jun 30, 2019|3 Min Read

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