The Catacombs

gloria.tv | December 24, 2024

Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, Germany, wants the [invalid] ordination of women to the priesthood, he told Welt.de (December 22).

His religion: The theological clarifications on women as sacramental deacons and priests have progressed so far that this could be made possible.

Bishop Bätzing returned to Germany "very satisfied" from the Ex-Synod in Rome. The final document did not negate the ordination of women: "There must be openness to regional solutions for many ecclesial issues."

In Germany, "the theological arguments for the admission of women to sacramental ministries" had already been "compiled" at the German Synod, Monsignor Bätzing said. This text was approved by two-thirds of the German bishops [who also agreed on transgender "priests"].

gloria.tv | December 23, 2024

Bishop Stephan Ackermann of Trier, Germany, believes that the [invalid] ordination of women as "deacons" will come. Only "the timing" is still unclear, the homosexual activist told the agency dpa on Monday.

Bishop Ackermann assumes that the decision will not be made during Francis' pontificate. But: "Some things can happen quickly in the Church."

For him, the [invalid] female ordination would be "a sacramental and thus official reinforcement of the responsibility" of women in the Church.

Bishop Ackermann sees the Church in a "major process of change" in which there is "a lot of demolition".