Tag: Church Reform

Swiss Bishop Sees Urgent Need for Reform of Roman Curia

“Sometimes the curial offices worry about things that simply are not their beer.” – Bishop Felix Gmür of Basel

February 17, 2013
Abbot Martin Werlen on Church Reform, Tradition, and Being With One Another

“The future of the Church must concern all of us, not just Rome. If I were to expect from the Pope that he flip a switch and everything changes, we would more or less be in the same place as before. In the Church as a whole, a new culture of being with one another…

February 4, 2013
Fr. Tony Flannery, Emblematic of Our Era

“Finally, it could be asked why I am going public now having remained silent for a year. I need to take back my voice.”

January 21, 2013
Swiss Abbot Harshly Criticizes Church Structures, Calls for Reform in the System of Naming Bishops

“In our church we have serious structural problems. The problem is that bishops achieve their position through this system, and consequently they have no interesting in questioning the current system. The church thus becomes a closed system. Perhaps it eventually has to collapse or fall apart before anything happens.” – Benedictine Abbot Peter von Sury

December 15, 2012
Pope Benedict faces unrest in his native land

73% of the general population in Germany say the Catholic Church should implement reforms such as optional celibacy and women’s ordination

April 26, 2011
Update on petitions in German-speaking countries

As of March 2nd, 238 theology professors in German-speaking countries, 288 clergymen of the diocese of Freiburg, and 287 religion teachers in Germany have signed on to the statement calling for massive reforms in the Roman Catholic Church.

March 2, 2011
200+ Freiburg clergy support theologians’ appeal for reform UPDATED 3-09-11

More than 100 clergymen of the Diocese of Freiburg support the appeal for reform of the Church by Catholic professors. Cathedral rector Claudius Stoffel: “The critique comes from the broad middle of the Church, and people expect that we engage it.”

February 19, 2011
A “Year of Departure”: German-speaking theologians call for reform – UPDATE 3/02/12

The deep crisis of our Church demands that we address even those problems which, at first glance, do not have anything directly to do with the abuse scandal and its decades-long cover-up. 2011 must be a Year of Departure for the Church.

February 4, 2011