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The further education of pastoral ministers should include dealing with dementia says Bishop Franz-Josef Bode, deputy president of the German bishops' conference, speaking about a condition that is growing rapidly worldwide.

Apart from covering the question of homilies and baptisms by laypeople, the seven-page letter also reminded the German bishops that liturgical translations mu...

Bishop Bode has become the first Catholic bishop in Germany to resign in connection with the abuse scandal

Pope Francis on Friday accepted the resignation of an influential German bishop who has been a key player in the German synodal p

ANALYSIS: Pope Francis’ acceptance of the resignation of Bishop Franz-Josef Bode, a major proponent of the Synodal Way in Germany, is widely seen as a blow to...

Only two weeks ago, Bishop Bode made headlines when he announced he would implement resolutions passed by the controversial process, including the introductio...

An advisory board of German sex-abuse survivors is demanding a canonical trial for Bishop Franz-Josef Bode, the vice president of the German bishops’ conference and of their Synodal Path.

The Belgian challenge.

Given the contrast between Francis’s rhetoric and behavior, the Catholic Church risks jettisoning centuries of teaching for worldly fashion.

Edward Pentin of the National Catholic Register contrasts the cases of two German prelates: Bishop Franz-Jozef Bode of Osnabrück, who has refused to resign despite clear evidence that he neglected abuse charges; and Cardinal Rainier Woelki of Cologne, who was charged with similar, but far less serious, failures.