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Women Deacons, ‘Sexuality’ and More: Here’s How the Synod Final Document Changed From the Draft

Women Deacons, ‘Sexuality’ and More: Here’s How the Synod Final Document Changed From the Draft

When the final document of the Synod on Synodality’s was confirmed on Oct. 26, it emphasized that the possibility of women deacons remains unsettled. “The question of women’s access to diaconal ministry remains open,” reads the document, which was expressly approved by Pope Francis after each of
Germany now a ‘mission country,’ Bishop Bätzing says amid declining Catholic numbers

Germany now a ‘mission country,’ Bishop Bätzing says amid declining Catholic numbers

The German Bishops’ Conference president has called Germany — a nation whose very history is entangled with the Catholic Church — a “mission country.” In an interview with the Society of the Divine Word’s German-language magazine, Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg said: “We live in a missionary country when we