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ANALYSIS: The German bishops are expected to decide on taking the next step toward a Synodal Council that has been forbidden by the Vatican.

Bishop Oster, who studied to be a journalist before his priestly vocation, confidently engaged the students, who listened to his replies with rapt attention.

ANALYSIS: Pope Francis's archbishop picks for Germany and the Vatican's guidance on blessing same-sex couples may indicate Rome's plan for dealing with the pr...

In the latest in a series of high-profile critiques of the German Synodal Way, Bishop Stefan Oster of the Diocese of Passau did not shy away from identifying...

Bishop Stefan Oster. / Credit: Diocese of Passau Vatican City, Nov 30, 2023 / 16:25 pm (CNA). A prominent German bishop and steadfast opponent of the controversial Synodal Way has leveled his harshest criticism yet of the state of the Catholic ...

Bishop Stefan Oster did not shy away from identifying profound theological disagreements as the source of division within the Church in Germany.

‘What unites us in faith, for example, the common Eucharist, is more than what separates us,’ Bishop Stefan Oster told the Register. ‘How should we not be ab...

In contrast to prevailing trends in German Catholicism, the Diocese of Passau is embracing an approach that emphasizes articulating the Catholic faith in new...

The drumbeat of international criticism on a range of issues has bruised the tiny but enormously wealthy emirate

Bishop Stefan Oster / Diocese of PassauCNA Newsroom, Nov 17, 2022 / 08:20 am (CNA).Ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the "sports bishop" of the German Bishops Conference on Thursday called for a critical look at conditions in the competitions host country, including the situation of Christians.The international soccer competition kicks off on Sunday, Nov. 20, in the State of Qatar, an emirate on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula.Bishop Stefan Oster of Passau, who is t...