Intense Conflicts . . . Is The Catholic Church In Germany In Danger Of Apostasy?
By MAIKE HICKSON For several weeks now, the German Catholics — bishops and laymen alike — have been in debate and disagreement over Catholic moral teaching and its continuing validity for Catholics today. After the German Bishops’ Conference came out on April 16 with its report to be sent to Rome for the upcoming October 2015 Synod of Bishops on the Family, the prominent lay organization Central Committee of German Catholics (Zentralkomitee der deutschen Katholiken — ZDK) also published a statement about their proposals for the upcoming Synod of Bishops. Let us now consider both reports. In their own report of April 16, the German Bishops’ Conference sums up the opinion of those who responded to the questionnaire about marriage…Continue Reading