German diocese commissioning laypeople to baptize
"When the ordinary minister of baptism ... which is the bishop, the priest or the deacon, is not present, then an extraordinary minister may baptize lawfully."
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"When the ordinary minister of baptism ... which is the bishop, the priest or the deacon, is not present, then an extraordinary minister may baptize lawfully."
German dioceses are moving forward with plans to establish governing boards that include lay leadership, despite Vatican warnings against such plans.
Katholikentag is a German Catholic gathering first held in 1848.
Biannual festival and meeting for German-speaking Catholic laity took place for the first time in four years
Church is running out of reasons not to ordain women Replacing the phrase ‘lay men’ with ‘lay persons’ is hardly a radical change Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 01:00 Gina Menzies In 2016 Pope Francis established a commission to examine whether women could or should be ordained deacons. Stating that the outcome was inconclusive, he established another commission in 2020. Handout photograph: Vatican Media/EPA Pope Francis recently announced that he would remove the phrase ...