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VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis has warned there's a risk that a reform process in the German Catholic Church over calls for married priests and other

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has warned there’s a risk that a reform process in the German Catholic Church over calls for married priests and other possible liberalizing reforms might become harmfully “ideological.”

Vatican officials say the body of bishops and laity would supersede authority of the countrys bishops conference

The pope warned there's a risk that a reform process in the German Catholic Church over calls for married priests and other possible liberalizing reforms might become harmfully "ideological."

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Germanys bishops do not have the authority to establish a permanent decision-making body of bishops and laypeople that top Vatican officials said would supersede the authority of the countrys bishops conference, according to a letter from the officials published Jan. 23. In their message to Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops conference, the Vatican officials addressed questions surrounding the establishment of a Synodal Council to advise the churc

Another month, another papal interview, another spate of confusion.

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/the-ap-interview-pope-warns-of-elitist-german-synod-process/"></div>VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has warned there’s a risk that a reform process in the German Catholic Church over calls for married priests and other possible liberalizing reforms might become harmfully “ideological.” In an interview with The Associated Press at the Vatican on Tuesday, Francis was asked about the proce...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has warned there’s a risk that a reform process in the German Catholic Church over calls for married priests and other possible liberalizing reforms might become harmfully “ideological.” In an interview with The Associated Press at the Vatican on Tuesday, Francis was asked about the

Pope Francis says there's a risk that a reform process in the German church could become “ideological." Francis spoke in an interview with The Associated Press…

The Vatican has significantly limited the scope for church reforms in Germany. A letter from Rome which became public on Monday evening rejected the establishment of so-called Synodal Councils.