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Some German parishes plan blessings for lovers, including gays On: 5/3/2021,  By , In: World ...A wooden cross lies on a rainbow flag in Bonn, Germany, March 16, 2021. (CNS photo/Julia Steinbrecht, KNA) ...A wooden cross lies on a rainbow flag in Bonn, Germany, March 16, 2021. (CNS photo/Julia Steinbrecht, KNA) ...Two men hold hands...

Pope Francis has no one in his small circle of advisors, known as the Council of Cardinals, who is from Oceania. While the other continents have a seat in the seven-member "kitchen cabinet" or C7, Oceanias chair has been empty since October 2018. Thats when the pope thanked Australian Cardinal George Pell for his services and removed him from the group. There are three cardinals from Oceania who are all still under the age of 80 that could have easily taken the place of Pell -- John Dew of New ...

Catholic Review Some German parishes plan blessings for lovers, including gays May 3, 2021 BONN, Germany (CNS) — Catholic chaplains in parishes across Germany plan to invite people to “blessing services for lovers” on and around May 10. The campaign, “Love Wins,” was launched in Hamburg, reported the German Catholic news agency KNA. The campaign’s website said the aim was to celebrate “the diversity of people’s different life plans and love stories” and to ask for God’s bles...

German parishes plan blessings for lovers, including gays Campaign aims to celebrate the diversity of peoples different life plans and love stories and to ask for Gods blessing Updated: May 04, 2021 05:58 AM GMT Trending Catholic parishes across Germany plan to offer blessing services for lovers in a campaign that will heighten the pressure in the church debate on the issue. Catholic chaplains in parishes across Germany plan to invite people to "blessing services for lovers" on and around May 1...

A wooden cross lies on a rainbow flag in Bonn, Germany, March 16, 2021. (CNS photo/KNA/Julia Steinbrecht) BONN, Germany — Catholic chaplains in parishes across Germany plan to invite people to "blessing services for lovers" on and around May 10. The campaign, "Love Wins," was launched in Hamburg, reported the German Catholic news agency KNA. The campaigns website said the aim was to celebrate "the diversity of peoples different life plans and love stories" and to ask for God...

May 03, 2021 Catholic parishes across Germany plan to offer “blessing services for lovers” on and around May 10 in a campaign that is aimed in part at gay and lesbian couples – and will heighten the pressure in the church debate on the issue. In this 2015 file photo, LGBTQ supporters wave a flag outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)  Bonn (KNA) “Love wins” – that is the name of the initiative in which Catholic chaplains in parishes across Germany...

Thomas Sternberg, president of the Central Committee of German Catholics, is pictured during the organizations plenary assembly in Bonn, April 23, 2021. (CNS photo/KNA/Harald Oppitz) BONN, Germany — Thomas Sternberg, 69, president of the Central Committee of German Catholics, announced April 23 he will not seek reelection to the post in November. Sternberg assumed the highest office of Germanys Catholic lay organization in 2015. The German Catholic news agency KNA reported the org...

Pressure Intensifies on Catholic Church to Change Teaching That Homosexuality Is ‘Intrinsically Disordered’ 04/20/2021 at 4:53 PM Posted by Kevin Edward White According to analysts, the continuing push to remove this phrasing from the Catechism of the Catholic Church is rooted in a broader campaign to legitimize homosexual acts. By Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register, April 20, 2021 VATICAN CITY — Pressure continues to be exerted on Church leaders to remove the language of Cat...

Apr 11, 2021 rome bureau chief Pope Benedict XVI and his personal secretary, then-Monsignor Georg Gänswein, at a general audience in 2012. (Credit: Paul Haring/CNS.) According to German Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the personal secretary of Pope emeritus Benedict XVI, it’s not appropriate to make a “papal ranking,” and acknowledged that the former pope has been misinterpreted not only by foes, but also by friends. ROME – According to German Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the personal secre...

Bishop Philip Egan of Portsmouth, pictured May 21, 2015. / Mazur/cbcew.org.uk. CNA Staff, Mar 17, 2021 / 05:00 am (CNA).- An English Catholic bishop said on Tuesday that he feared that the German Church’s “Synodal Way” would lead to a “de facto schism.” Bishop Philip Egan of Portsmouth told CNA on March 16 that he believed he had a duty to speak out about the multi-year process bringing together German lay people and bishops to discuss four major topics: the way power is exercised in...