Where Are the German Catholic Men?

In which I talk with @SophiaKuby about her work with Neue Anfang, or New Beginnings, the movement in Germany that works to combat the country's highly controversial Synodal Way. https://t.co/OPWP7h772z

— Andreas Thonhauser (@andi_thonhauser) January 10, 2023

Yes, Indeed, What Could the Cause Be?

The German Catholic Church lost 221,000 members in the past year.

If only we could figure out why... pic.twitter.com/YuGqvCTjHO

— Catholic Arena (@CatholicArena) October 8, 2021

What Sort of Equal Opportunity?

A German Catholic diocese has announced that a cathedral school whose pupils sing in a storied 1,000-year-old boys’ choir will admit girls. https://t.co/yFGlwuu7BR

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) June 17, 2021

The article doesn't say anything about whether the cathedral school classes will be integrated or if they will remain sex-segregated.

The Face of German Resistance?

This is a bad photo.

One German priest decried the contents of a Synodal Path document as a “master plan for protestantization of the Church,” and said Catholics should “wake up” to what is “currently brewing in Germany, otherwise we will have a Reformation 2.0”
https://t.co/ONDaMQqSUV @NCRegister

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) February 11, 2021

They Need to Hide Their Soyness

Some German states now require N95 mask standards. Unless every beard is shaved off, this is mere activism. Same goes for the bishops who require it. I bet we do not see these Princebishops clean shaven - because they are masters of double standards. #Church #germany #COVID19 https://t.co/hWfRlHY8BJ pic.twitter.com/YxaUp9PtZx

— Ulrich L. Lehner (@ulrichlehner) January 21, 2021

Which Latin Bishop Will Take the Lead in Excommunicating Him?

They don't need to wait for their patriarch.

Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops’ conference, has reaffirmed his view that intercommunion with Protestants should be possible, despite Vatican objections. https://t.co/d4QDIQ1XqA

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) November 9, 2020

How Will History Judge Francis?

Pope Francis to head of German bishop's conference: "There is already a protestant German church. We don't need another one!" You would think that was unambigious - but not for a German bishop. #theology #Germany https://t.co/qBXCh4xzyS

— Ulrich L. Lehner (@ulrichlehner) September 24, 2020

BTS of the Order of Malta

THE GERMAN PARTY IS AFRAID OF LOSING, AND PLAYS UNFAIRLY https://t.co/RuDt3cVfX4

— Marco Tosatti (@MarcoTosatti) September 17, 2020

Arkham on the Loose

Sandro Magister: The Synod of the German Church Under the Analyst's Lens. A Revolution That Self-destructs

The first of the three documents represents a genuine revolution, a “democratization” of the Church with elective access to the leading roles and with the subseqent duty of the elected to respond not only to other “democratically chosen bodies” but also to “an independent jurisdiction.”

But isn't this a subversion of the foundational structure of the Catholic Church?

Should the be some sort of election of clergy, presbyters and bishops? That might be the ancient practice in one form or another. Is it a subversion of the foundational structure of the Catholic Church? No. God may be the source of authority, but He has left the determination of who is suited to hold authority to us, and sometimes mistakes are made. Still, even if the German Catholic "reformers" are correct about having popular or quasi-popular election of clergy, that doesn't mean their motives are correct or their implementation.

James Martin Will Be Pleased

Breitbart: German Bishops Pronounce Homosexuality ‘Normal’ and ‘Unchangeable’

Dying Latin Churches