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Crisis of confidence over cardinal shakes Cologne Catholics

Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki Title: Crisis of confidence over cardinal shakes Cologne Catholics Author: Kirsten Grieshaber Publisher: Crux (via Associated Press) Date: 10DEC2022 COLOGNE, Germany — An unprecedented crisis of confidence is shaking a historic center of Catholicism in Germany — the Archdiocese of Cologne. Catholic believers have protested their deeply divisive archbishop, and are

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Message from the German Bishops’ Conference on the German Synodal Path following Vatican meeting

Bishop Dr Georg Bätzing Title: Message from the German Bishops’ Conference on the German Synodal Path following Vatican meeting Author: Bishop Dr Georg Bätzing Publisher: Catholic Outlook Date:  28NOV2022 During their recent Ad Limina visit to the Vatican, members of the German Bishops’ Conference met with Pope Francis and attended a meeting with the heads of

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Child abuse: Vatican child protection expert says prelates should apologise for abuse cover up

Hans Zollner Child Abuse Title: Child abuse: Vatican child protection expert says prelates should apologise for abuse cover up Author: Claire Giangrave Publisher: Sight Magazine Date: 25JAN2022 Those responsible for covering up abuse cases should be upfront and apologise, says a top Catholic expert on child protection and accountability. His comments come on the heels

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Benedict XVI admits ‘incorrect’ info given to abuse inquiry

Benedict XVI Abuse Inquiry Title: Benedict XVI admits ‘incorrect’ info given to abuse inquiry Author: Ines San Martin Publisher: Crux Date: 24JAN2022 After the publication last week of a report on past sexual abuse in the German archdiocese of Munich, Pope emeritus Benedict XVI admitted that a previous statement on his participation in a meeting

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Woelki calls for stronger law on clerical sex abuse

Woelki Clerical Sex Abuse Title: Woelki calls for stronger law on clerical sex abuse Author: Christa Pongratz-Lippitt Publisher: The Tablet Date: 08APR2021 The Archbishop of Cologne Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki has called for a tightening up of Canon law on clerical sex abuse.“Canon law on how to deal with priestly sexual abuse must be changed.

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Germany’s Christian churches in meltdown

German Christian Churches Meltdown Title: Germany’s Christian churches in meltdown Author: Christoph Strack Publisher: Deutsche Welle (DW) Date: 31MAR2021 The COVID-19 pandemic is once again casting a big dark shadow over Easter festivities. For so long at the heart of German society, the churches now fear they might lose their influence. Easter is the most

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