05-16-2023, 05:50 AM
Germany: Woman Heads Seminary
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gloria.tv | May 16, 2023
Speyer Bishop Wiesemann has appointed Tatjana Blumenstein, 53, a teacher of religion, to head his empty seminary. She runs it "together" with Canon Franz Vogelgesang, 61, in a "dual leadership" in which conflicts are inevitable. Vogelgesang is in charge of priests and deacons, Blumenstein of pastoral assistants, who have no place in a seminary. In 2022, Speyer's vicar general defected to the Old Catholics.