{"id":41619,"date":"2018-04-18T14:48:24","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T19:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=41619"},"modified":"2018-04-25T07:45:33","modified_gmt":"2018-04-25T12:45:33","slug":"vatican-no-to-intercommunion-for-mixed-marriages-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/18\/vatican-no-to-intercommunion-for-mixed-marriages-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Vatican: No Intercommunion for Mixed Marriages in Germany? <b>UPDATED<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Austrian <a href=\"http:\/\/kath.net\/news\/63484\"><em>kath.net<\/em><\/a>, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has rejected the proposed guidelines of the German Catholic bishops\u2019 conference for intercommunion in mixed marriages in individual cases \u2013 with the express approval of Pope Francis.Recently, seven German bishops had <a href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/04\/german-bishops-divided-on-intercommunion-vatican-asked-to-intervene\/\">appealed to the Vatican to intervene<\/a>, in opposition to the <a href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/04\/in-translation-cardinal-marxs-response-to-the-seven-bishops\/\">vast majority of the bishops\u2019 conference<\/a> which approved a draft version of the proposal.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE 4-18, 7:45 pm: German media are now reporting on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkur.de\/politik\/watschen-fuer-kardinal-marx-papst-franziskus-lehnt-handreichung-zur-kommunion-ab-9793611.html\">German bishops&#8217; conference statement<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cA rejection of the pastoral guidelines is not known to us,\u201d spokesman Matthias Kopp stated. 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