EXCLUSIVE
Cardinal Eijk: stop Flemish bishops from blessing gay couples
The declaration of the Flemish Belgian bishops with their ad hoc liturgy for gay couples contradicts the Church’s teaching on homosexuality and a recent Vatican declaration. It’s necessary for the competent authorities to intervene now so the document is withdrawn and the Belgian bishops to obey. Cardinal Eijk Archbishop of Utrecht speaks out.
GERMANY
Bishop Ipolt: some German clergy are confused
"In Germany the entire Christian anthropology is on the brink. It is regrettable that St. John Paul II's theology of the body of is hardly known in Germany. We also need a new language and a new profile for our ethical positions in order to guide people and save them from confusion." This is what Wolfgang Ipolt, the Bishop of Görlitz has to say.
