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Top Ecumenism Official “Astonished” by German Intercommunion Push
Top Ecumenism Official “Astonished” by German Intercommunion Push
German bishops seem intent on proceeding despite Vatican concerns
By CNA staff / ITV staff
Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops’ conference
Cardinal
Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, expressed “astonishment” January 26 at a statement by the Ecumenical Study Group of Protestant and Catholic Theologians (known by its German acronym, ÖAK).
The ÖAK published the 26-page statement on January 24 in response to a critical assessment of the group’s proposal for a “reciprocal Eucharistic hospitality” between Catholics and Protestants by the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF). ....

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