Tag: Germany
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Universa Laus meeting, 2015
It is fascinating to see how liberal the German-speaking repertoire is when it comes to texts of the Order of Mass…. The Sanctus was sung in German to the music of Owen Alstott’s Heritage Mass.
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German Missal Translation: “Collapsed”
Two things led the German bishops to reject the new missal: the recent debacle of a failed translation of the burial rites, and a change of pope.
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It’s so very far to Rome…
What’s taking the German cardinals?
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Communion for the remarried: Swiss clergy and laity disobey, and head of German bishops calls for change in discipline
Forty priests and pastoral ministers from the Diocese of St. Gall, Switzerland, have issued a statement that they will continue to offer communion to the divorced and remarried.
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A “Time of Testing” for Pastoral Ministers
Increasingly church ministers lament that they “went into ministry under completely different conditions, with completely different expectations.” Church workers report with ever greater frequency that they strive to be loyal to the church, but this makes them feel “disloyal to their own soul.”
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Pope to German bishops on “for you and for many” UPDATED 4-25
The pope believes that “the sacred word must appear as itself as much as possible, even with its foreignness and the questions it brings.” Interpretation, by contrast, is the task of the church.
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Reform and Rebellion auf deutsch
Time magazine is covering the story now gaining attention around the world of more than 300 priests in Austria calling for open disobedience because of the hierarchy’s refusal to budge on issues such as mandatory celibacy, Communion for the remarried, and advocacy of women’s ordination.
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Female servers for the Pope
The Vatican has given a green light for female altar servers for the papal visit to Germany.