Head of German Catholic Bishops - "I advocate for the ordination of women. I wish for it and I will do everything for it"

"I wish for it and I will do everything for it"

Bishop Bätzing: I advocate for the ordination of women

The Bishop of the Carnival

The non-stop Carnival of the German Catholic Church

Entertaining themselves to death

"More than only a golden bath tub" - a reference to the van Elst scandal

But that is what they have turned the German Church into- with the Bishop floating about the suds on top.   This statement is a frank preparation for schism, especially as he stated it at the Protestant Church Congress and there are plans to unite the Catholic and Protestant Church Congresses.

In the words of Francis, "Carnival time is over".  Performative Catholicism of the modernists, acting Catholicism out instead of living it out is over! 

Hanover – "Commandment of justice": The chairman of the German Bishops' Conference is committed to the ordination of women in the Catholic Church. A conversation has particularly encouraged him in this.

The Chairman of the German Bishops' Conference wants to work to ensure that women can also receive priestly ordination in the Catholic Church. "I wish for it and I will do everything for it," said Limburg Bishop Georg Bätzing on Saturday at the Protestant Church Congress in Hanover. "It is a commandment of justice." Gender equality is an incredibly high value in German and European culture. "And I fully support that." Women must be able to assume leadership responsibilities and make decisions without discrimination, even in the Catholic Church.

Bätzing thanked the late Pope Francis for strengthening the role of women in the Catholic Church. He "did not adhere to law and order" and included 70 women with voting rights in the deliberations of the World Synod. The result was a text that questions and develops the role of women in the Catholic Church, the bishop said. The question of the diaconate for women is explicitly addressed there. "That is a very encouraging step." Bätzing also recounts a conversation during the World Synod last October with women who felt a calling to the priesthood. "I sensed such seriousness there, not to gain something for themselves, but to achieve something for this Church." This motivated him even more to champion the cause.

"Ecumenism requires steps"

With regard to the differences between the Protestant and Catholic churches, Bätzing called for patience. One cannot simply skip over what has diverged over 500 years; rather, steps are needed. He expressed gratitude for the painstaking preparation for the Ecumenical Church Congress four years ago in Frankfurt, which could only take place digitally due to the coronavirus pandemic. Many people are not even aware of what had been developed for it.

Although there is no "common, somehow constructed" form of a joint service, "rather, we invite each other to participate in the liturgy of the individual denominations," the bishop said. If a Protestant Christian then decides in conscience to receive communion during a Catholic service, it will be offered to them. This, too, was a major step that had met with opposition within the Catholic Church and in Rome. "But we are practicing this step, which is also consistent with Catholic doctrine as it is formulated."

Meanwhile, Bätzing revealed a hidden talent at the Protestant Church Congress: At the end of his Bible study on Saturday morning, the Bishop of Limburg himself took to the keys of the electric piano and accompanied hundreds of Church Congress attendees to the melody of "Verleih' uns Frieden gnädiglich" (Grant Us Peace Graciously) by Matthias Nagel. The 39th German Protestant Church Congress is taking place in Hanover until Sunday.

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