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September 18, 2019: Benedict XVI provokes critics of his April essay on clerical sex abuse

https://international.la-croix.com/news/benedict-xvi-provokes-critics-of-his-april-essay-on-clerical-sex-abuse/10860 Benedict XVI has ignited new controversy by issuing a stinging response to critics of an essay in which he blamed the 1968 Movement for triggering the clerical sexual abuse of minors. The 92-year-old retired pope originally put forth his thesis with the 6,000-word article “The Church and the Scandal of Sexual Abuse”, published last April in…

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September 13, 2019: Vatican: German Synod Plans ‘Not Ecclesiologically Valid’

http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/vatican-german-synod-plans-not-ecclesiologically-valid In a letter sent to German bishops last week, the Vatican has said that plans for a binding Church synod in Germany are “not ecclesiologically valid.”  Plans for a “binding synodal process” were first announced by Cardinal Reinhard Marx, head of the German episcopal conference, earlier this year.  CNA reported last week that draft…

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September 13, 2019: German bishops respond to Vatican intervention, but documents indicate ongoing disagreement

ohttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/german-bishops-respond-to-vatican-intervention-but-documents-indicate-ongoing-disagreement-11033 The German bishops’ conference has responded to the Vatican’s intervention in preparations for a binding synodal process to be held in that country beginning in Advent. The conference said Friday that detailed criticisms from the Vatican’s legal department concerned older draft documents, and did not take into account changes made to the German plans….