#Bishop Georg Bätzing

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Professor & Chairman of the German Bishops' Conference since March 2020 - Georg Bätzing (born 13 April 1961) - Watch this - Apocalypse EXPLAINED - READ the Synopsis - Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

This movie is a high-stakes sci-fi adventure that merges the worlds of Transformers with human characters. It kicks off with Unicron, a planet-consuming entity, attacking the Maximals’ homeworld. The Maximals, led by Optimus Primal, flee to Earth with a powerful Transwarp Key, pursued by Unicron’s heralds, the Terrorcons.

The story then shifts to Earth in 1994, focusing on Noah Diaz, who unwittingly encounters the Autobot Mirage disguised as a Porsche. Concurrently, museum intern Elena Wallace discovers the Transwarp Key hidden in an ancient statue. This discovery sets off a chain of events as the Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, and the Terrorcons arrive on Earth to retrieve the key.

The conflict escalates as battles ensue, leading to revelations about the key being split in two halves to prevent Unicron’s access. Elena and the Autobots embark on a mission to find the second half in Peru, facing the threat of Scourge corrupting their allies and attempting to unleash Unicron.

Noah, initially aiming to protect Earth by destroying the key, eventually allies with Optimus to prevent Unicron’s invasion. A massive battle unfolds between Autobots, Maximals, and the Terrorcons. Noah, aided by Bumblebee and using an exo-suit fashioned from Mirage’s damaged body, plays a crucial role in the conflict.

In a dramatic climax, Optimus sacrifices himself to stop Unicron, but Noah and Primal manage to save him and thwart Unicron’s plans, leaving the Autobots stranded on Earth. The conclusion sees the Autobots accepting Earth as their new home, Noah finding unexpected opportunities, and the promise of continued protection for Earth.

The mid-credits scene hints at Noah’s resourcefulness in repairing Mirage, showcasing his growing connection to the Autobots’ world.

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German Synodal Assembly allows women to preach at Mass

The final assembly also clears the way for blessing ceremonies of same-sex couples in the Catholic Church in Germany Thomas Sternberg (right), president of the Central Committee of German Catholics, and Georg Bätzing, bishop of Limburg and president of the German Bishops’ Conference, open the Second Synodal Assembly of the Catholic Church in the Forum […]German Synodal Assembly allows women to…

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German bishop rules out general invitation to Communion at congress

German bishop rules out general invitation to Communion at congress

Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops’ conference, defended the plan for “ecumenically mindful” reception of Communion in Catholic and Protestant services during Germany’s ecumenical congress May 13-16. The bishop told KNA, Germany’s Catholic news agency, May 11 that the services planned May 15 were not about “cross-denominational Communion in the sense of a general mutual…

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Bätzing demands apology from Benedict

Bätzing demands apology from Benedict

The chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference, Georg Bätzing, has demanded an apology from the emeritus Pope Benedict for his behavior in the abuse scandal of the Catholic Church. “He has to speak out, and he has to defy his advisers and basically say the simple, simple sentence: “I have blame on me, I have made mistakes, I ask forgiveness from those affected.” There is no other way,” Bätzing…

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German Catholic clergy rebel against Vatican over same-sex unions The ruling “is characterized by a paternalistic gesture of superiority and discriminates against homosexual people and their lifestyles,” according to a statement put together by the Catholic Theological faculty at Munster University, published Tuesday. “We decisively distance ourselves from this position,” it said. The statement, signed by 266 theologians, said the ruling lacks “theological depth, hermeneutical understanding as well as argumentative stringency.” While some of their number support the Vatican position, other prominent Catholic clergy in Germany have spoken out against the ruling, which was approved by Pope Francis and published March 15. “A document that in its argumentation so blatantly excludes any progress in theological and human scientific knowledge will lead to pastoral practice ignoring it,” Georg Bätzing, Bishop of Limburg, said in a statement published on Facebook on Wednesday. “We need a re-evaluation of same-sex partnerships and a further development of the church’s sexual morality.” Bätzing’s diocese also updated its Facebook profile photo to an image of Limburg Cathedral surrounded by a rainbow, a symbol of the LGBT community, and the phrase “#LoveIsNoSin.” Bätzing is the head of the German Bishops’ Conference, the Catholic church’s ruling body in Germany. CNN has contacted the conference for comment. Christoph Lentz, rector of the Pallottine community in Friedberg, Bavaria, also criticized the Vatican ruling, saying it was “unspeakable, intolerable and incomprehensible to people.” “We are here to bless, no matter how and no matter whom,” Lentz said in a statement. “We want to be an open church where everyone feels at home.” Since Friday afternoon the community has flown a rainbow flag with a phrase from Genesis 12:2 that reads: “You shall be a blessing.” The Vatican ruling is a setback for Catholics who had hoped the institution would modernize its approach to homosexuality. Dozens of countries, include many in western Europe, have legalized same-sex marriages, and the church’s reluctance to embrace LGBTQ people has long held the potential to alienate it from younger followers. While Pope Francis has frequently been praised for his welcoming tone toward LGBTQ people both within and outside the church, he approved the March 15 statement. “The blessing of homosexual unions cannot be considered licit,” wrote the Vatican’s top doctrinal office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. “It is not licit to impart a blessing on relationships or partnerships, even stable, that involve sexual activity outside of marriage, as is the case of the unions between persons of the same sex,” the statement reads. Blessing same-sex unions, the Vatican says, would send a sign that the Catholic Church approves and encourages “a choice and a way of life that cannot be recognized as objectively ordered to the revealed plans of God.” The statement says that “God Himself never ceases to bless each of His pilgrim children in this world…but he does not and cannot bless sin.” Among the German Catholic clergy that support the Vatican’s position are the bishops of Regensburg, Passau, Görlitz and Eichstätt, KNA, the German Bishops Conference news agency, reports. Same-sex unions are the latest issue on which the German Catholic church has clashed with the Vatican in recent years. In 2019, it revealed plans for a two-year process of reckoning and reform, to rebuild public trust in the wake of a shocking report into child sexual abuse in the church. These plans, which included debating priestly celibacy and whether to allow women to play bigger roles in ecclesiastical life, attracted criticism from the Vatican. CNN’s Rob Picheta and Delia Gallagher contributed to this report. Source link Orbem News #Catholic #clergy #German #Rebel #samesex #Unions #Vatican

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German Catholic bishop dismisses cardinal’s fear that ‘Synodal Way’ could lead to split

CNA Staff, Sep 18, 2020 / 07:30 am (CNA).- The president of the German bishops’ conference dismissed Friday suggestions that the controversial ��Synodal Way” could lead to a split in the Church. Bishop Georg Bätzing made the comment Sept. 18 after Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne said that the worst outcome would be if the process “leads to a split and thereby outside of the Church, out of communion with the universal Church.” In a Sept. 17 interview with the German Catholic news agency

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German bishop pushes diocese toward adopting ‘blessing’ for homosexual couples | Blogs

German bishop pushes diocese toward adopting ‘blessing’ for homosexual couples | Blogs

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April 15, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – German Bishop Georg Bätzing, of the Diocese of Limburg, is inviting Church representatives, Catholic youth and lay organizations, as well as diocesan members to a discussion forum on 4 May in Wiesbaden to deal with the matter of a “Church’s blessing” for “couples who cannot marry in the Catholic way,” including homosexual…

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Thanks to what appears to be his general public remarks about homosexuality and the women’s diaconate, a German Jesuit has not been presented the permissions he demands to begin his term as rector of a graduate college of theology in Frankfurt.

Ansgar Wucherpfennig, S.J., was because of to begin a third term as rector of the Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology this slide, but has not obtained a nihil obstat, official statement that there is almost nothing objectionable about a applicant, from the Vatican’s Congregation for Catholic Education.

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Father Wucherpfennig was approved for a renewal of his placement by local authorities in February 2018, and his top-quality common despatched in a request for the nihil obstat the next month. The Congregation for Catholic Education responded in June with concerns about Father Wucherpfennig’s job interview from 2016.

In a newspaper job interview in 2016, Father Wucherpfennig explained he imagined references to homosexuality in the Bible ended up “from time to time misunderstood phrases.” These statements ended up in response to the interviewer, Thomas Remlein, saying that Father Wucherpfennig experienced blessed gay partners and inquiring why the church experienced unfavorable attitudes towards L.G.B.T. people. Father Wucherpfennig has also explained that the women’s diaconate would not be sufficient to address a lack in priestly vocations and has explained he has “critical thoughts” about the reality that only adult males could provide as confessors.

“I see my remarks on homosexuality and the blessing of similar-sexual intercourse partners as very well in the bounds of Catholic doctrine,” explained Father Wucherpfennig.

“I see my remarks on homosexuality and the blessing of similar-sexual intercourse partners as very well in the bounds of Catholic doctrine,” Father Wucherpfennig explained to the church newspapers of the dioceses of Limburg, Mainz and Fulda on Oct. 9. He refused to get again his statements and explained, “I do not want to be rector at this selling price.”

Even though Father Wucherpfennig has however to get acceptance from the Vatican, his provincial , Johannes Siebner, S.J., and Father Johannes zu Eltz, the Frankfurt metropolis dean (a placement of authority among parish priests and the bishop), have equally expressed their assist for Father Wucherpfennig.

“There is not the slightest doubt about Father Wucherpfennig’s experience, his loyalty (to the church) and thus his suitability for the rector’s business,” Father Siebner explained to German news outlet Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger.

“Ansgar Wucherpfennig is a priest in fantastic standing and an incorruptible educational,” explained Father Eltz. He referred to Father Wucherpfennig’s unanswered request for a nihil obstat as “unjustified punishment” in an job interview with the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger.

As Father Siebner stated in a latest job interview, Father Wucherpfennig and Father Siebner responded immediately to the letter from the congregation, but they have however to listen to again.

Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg explained he is nonetheless hopeful the condition will be solved and that he supports Father Wucherpfennig’s perform as rector.

An open up letter from college students and school at Sankt Georgen expressed anger in excess of the condition and called for awareness to the authority of the local church.

“We ended up all the extra stunned to learn that Prof. Wucherpfennig was denied the nihil obstat for a different term of business regardless of this unanimous assist from the college, the local church and his order from the Congregation for Catholic Education,” explained the open up letter. “In our check out, this is a critical interference with subsidiarity and is incomprehensible in check out of his skills, which Prof. Wucherpfennig has verified.”

On Tuesday night Oct. 9, the Vatican push business confirmed to DPA, the German push agency, that the nihil obstat is nonetheless under review. It has not been denied as some shops have noted. Father Siebner echoed this on Oct. ten: “I am self-assured…that the declaration of assurance from Rome will arrive shortly.”

Oct. eleven: This story has been current and the title corrected to make it crystal clear that the Vatican has not formally declined Father Wucherpfennig‘s authorization to instruct.

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Rebellion, resignation follow Vatican's same-sex blessing decree

Rebellion, resignation follow Vatican’s same-sex blessing decree

The president of the German Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Georg Bätzing, has criticized an upcoming Catholic-backed initiative opposing the Vatican’s same-sex blessing decree. The blessing service initiative was organised immediately after the Vatican formally said no to same-sex blessings. Several lay and ordained Catholic leaders in Germany organised the initiative, calling it: “Love wins,…

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German Church changes labour rules, protects gays and divorcees

German Church changes labour rules, protects gays and divorcees

The German Bishops Conference (DBK) has voted to update its labour rules. Now, it will no longer be concerned about certain aspects of its workers’ private lives. Until now, employees of Catholic institutions in Germany could lose their jobs if they were openly in a same-sex partnership or remarried after a divorce. The change means no one need fear dismissal for those reasons. Before the change…

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Germany's bishops assure Vatican but vow to proceed with reforms

Germany’s bishops assure Vatican but vow to proceed with reforms

Germany’s Catholic bishops have assured the Vatican that their “Synodal Path” won’t lead to a schism; however, they vowed to proceed with reforms. Summarising the German position, the head of the German bishops’ conference, Bishop Georg Bätzing, said the German church would not make decisions that were the Vatican’s to make. “We are Catholic,” Bätzing said at a news conference. “but we want to be…

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Synodal Process has already changed the Church

Synodal Process has already changed the Church

The head of the German Catholic bishops’ conference said on Thursday that the global synodal process has already changed the Church. Bishop Georg Bätzing (pictured) said, “After only one year, this Synodal Process has generated a dynamic that has led to a new understanding of the dignity of all the baptised, to a broader co-responsibility of the faithful for the mission of the Church, and to a…

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German bishop demands apology from Cardinal over Nazi comparison

German bishop demands apology from Cardinal over Nazi comparison

The president of the German bishops’ conference Bishop Georg Bätzing sat down with Cardinal Kurt Koch on October 4 to clear the air with the ‘Christian Unity’ president. Bätzing had demanded an apology from the Vatican’s Koch (pictured) over comments that brought up Germany’s Nazi past. He lamented what he called Koch’s “untenable statements” about the German “synodal way.” Koch, charged with…

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Religion is ‘interruption,’ not continuity, says bishop

Religion is ‘interruption,’ not continuity, says bishop

The shortest definition of religion is “interruption,” says Bishop Georg Bätzing (pictured). Some forms of continuity people seek from religion are “frankly suspect,” the president of the German Catholic Bishops’ Conference asserts. Bätzing made the comments during the bishops’ plenary assembly in a live-streamed Mass on Tuesday. In his homily he said “all too surely asserted continuities, ……

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German synodal way members back permanent ‘synodal council’

German synodal way members back permanent ‘synodal council’

The German “Synodal Way” has adopted a controversial proposal to create a permanent body composed of lay people and bishops to oversee the local Church. The country’s bishops initiated the “Der Synodale Weg” in 2019 in the wake of a damning report that showed the vast extent of the clergy sex abuse crisis. The aim of the Synodal Way has been to restore trust among the Catholic people in…