Fourth German Bishop speaks up for the elderly and the unborn

Bishop considers Brosius-Gersdorf a "domestic political scandal"

Constitutional Court: The appointment of lawyer Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf, who is controversial because of her stance on unborn life, as a constitutional court judge would be a "domestic political scandal," according to Bamberg's Archbishop Herwig Gössl.

The appointment of lawyer Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf, who is controversial because of her stance on unborn life, as a constitutional court judge would be a "domestic political scandal," according to Bamberg's Archbishop Herwig Gössl.

The appointment of lawyer Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf, who is controversial because of her stance on unborn life, as a constitutional judge would be a "domestic political scandal," according to Bamberg's Archbishop Herwig Gössl. According to a text of his speech distributed in advance, Gössl said this in his sermon on the Catholic St. Henry's Day on Sunday.

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"I don't want to imagine the abyss of intolerance and contempt for humanity we will slide into if responsibility before God increasingly disappears from people's consciousness," the text reads. "Then the weaker will no longer have a voice: not the unborn and not the elderly in need of care; Not the mentally ill, nor the socially disadvantaged; not those fleeing war and persecution, nor nature, which is unscrupulously exploited and destroyed."

The planned election of two SPD judicial candidates and one candidate nominated by the CDU/CSU in the Bundestag sparked a dispute within the coalition – the vote was initially canceled. The CDU/CSU had opposed the Potsdam law professor Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf, nominated by the SPD. She is known for her liberal stance on abortion.

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