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ROME — The United States contains a "significant" number of groups seeking to "gag" the reforms of the Catholic Church initiated by the...
Embattled German bishops pick woman theologian as top Catholic administrator Lay theologian Beate Gilles is the first woman to be elected as the general secretary of the German Catholic bishops' conference. The move comes as bishops face calls to fully own up to scandals. Beate Gilles is not only the first woman to take the top administrative post, but also the first lay person The German Catholic Bishops' Conference (DBK) elected a woman for the first time as the conference's top administrator on Tuesday, in a move aimed at modernizing the body. Theologian Beate Gilles was appointed as gene...