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Pope orders visitation of Archdiocese of Cologne
German Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne gestures during a news conference in Cologne March 23, 2021. Pope Francis has ordered an apostolic visitation “to obtain a comprehensive picture of the complex pastoral situation” in the Archdiocese of Cologne and to investigate how accusations of clerical sexual abuse were handled. (CNS photo/Oliver Berg, KNA pool)
By Catholic News Service • Posted May 28, 2021
COLOGNE, Germany (CNS) Pope Francis has ordered an apostolic visitation “to obtain a comprehensive picture of the complex pastoral situation” in the Archdiocese of Cologne and to investigate how accusations of clerical sexual abuse were handled, the Vatican nuncio to Germany announced.
Catholic laypeople in Germany demand local synod
In the wake of reports on how clergy sex abuse was handled, laypeople in Cologne Archdiocese want more of a say
Updated: April 22, 2021 05:33 AM GMT
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Germany s Cologne Cathedral.
Catholic laypeople in the Archdiocese of Cologne have called for a local synod to address the ongoing crisis in Germany s most populous diocese. We must make every effort to reestablish a genuine dialogue between the cardinal, senior members of the diocesan leadership and the grassroots of the church, said Tim-O. Kurzbach, president of the Cologne archdiocesan council of Catholics.
However, the German Catholic news agency KNA reported a spokeswoman for the archdiocese said that, under church law, a local synod would not allow the broad participation of the faithful that currently exists in the diocesan Pastoral Way Forward.
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