{"id":19200,"date":"2013-04-30T05:24:42","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T10:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=19200"},"modified":"2019-12-10T10:43:10","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T16:43:10","slug":"head-of-german-bishops-conference-supports-female-deacons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2013\/04\/30\/head-of-german-bishops-conference-supports-female-deacons\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of German Bishops&#8217; Conference on Office of Female Deacons &#8211; UPDATED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Archbishop of Freiburg Robert Zollitsch, who chairs the German Bishops&#8217; Conference, has called for &#8220;a specific office of deacon for women&#8221;\u00a0<em>(ein spezifisches Diakonenamt f\u00fcr Frauen)<\/em>. He called for the move at the end of a four-day meeting to discuss possible reforms, saying that the Catholic Church could only regain credibility and strength by committing to reform.<\/p>\n<p>Zollitsch also commented favorably on a conference proposal to allowed divorced and remarried Catholics to serve on parish councils and possible be admitted to the sacraments.<\/p>\n<p>More <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelocal.de\/society\/20130429-49427.html#.UX8hWbWThu6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: a reader has sent the <a href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Statement-of-Archbishop-Zollitsch.pdf\">full statement in German<\/a>\u00a0of Archbishop Zollitsch. The statement makes it clear that he is calling for a new office specifically for women rather than admission of women to the sacramental diaconate. The report has been updated to reflect this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archbishop Zollitsch said that the Catholic Church could only regain credibility and strength by committing to reform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[893,3019,2023,2255,450],"class_list":["post-19200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lay-ministry","tag-archbishop-robert-zollitsch","tag-church-reform","tag-divorce-and-remarriage","tag-german-bishops-conference","tag-women-deacons"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Head of German Bishops&#039; Conference on Office of Female Deacons - UPDATED - Home<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2013\/04\/30\/head-of-german-bishops-conference-supports-female-deacons\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Head of German Bishops&#039; 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