Posted on 03/19/2023 5:42:20 PM PDT by marshmallow
Bishop Georg Bätzing said that heretical same-sex ‘blessings’ have ‘already been implemented’ in Belgium and have ‘even been agreed upon with Rome.’
(LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Georg Bätzing, the head of the German bishops’ conference (DBK), said that they will implement “blessings” of same-sex couples in Germany, regardless of what the Vatican says.
Asked in an interview with German TV station ZDF if Bätzing is sure that the Pope agrees with him about “blessings” of same-sex unions, the German bishop replied, “We will implement it here.”
“We have worked very intensively on this,” he continued. “We have worked in four forums with dozens of people from the Synodal Path, with experts, and have created solid texts in which the arguments that lead to our decisions are presented in great detail and we are happy to talk about it. But the practice will be changed.”
On March 10, the same day that Bätzing made these remarks in the interview with ZDF, the members of the Synodal Way voted overwhelmingly in favor of a document containing “blessings” for same-sex couples, as well as for the divorced and “re-married,” in a move putting them in direct opposition to Catholic teaching.
The interviewer from ZDF pointed out that the Vatican has spoken out against “blessings” of homosexual couples and subsequently asked Bätzing, “Does this mean that you are now effectively defying the pope?”
Bätzing avoided directly answering the questions, instead, he said:
First of all, we have to say that the practice of blessing exists and we want to bring it to the surface, and that means that we bishops take a position on it and say: “It is good that we are doing this.” What is good in a relationship between two people in a partnership can also receive God’s blessing........
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Thats funny.
Apparently there are no Christians among the German bishops. Or not enough to matter.
Frankenchurch Sin-Nod Ping
FU Jesus, same as the reformationists of yesteryear.
OK; this is schism. What about it, Francis?
dozens of people
the synods are a crock of poop. They cherry pick who attends, and then direct the meeting to affirm the chosen agenda.
believing Christians not allowed.
Bishop replied, “We will implement it here.” Wow. This is 100% confusing and 100% contrary to the Bible and Church Doctrine. Amazing. The German chanceries are weird places.
This apparently did not involve cracking open a Bible and reading it.
Of course he knows what the Bible says. Of course he has read it as part of his education. He simply rejects it.
The German Bishops are scum.
It seems his authority doesn’t “end at that door” like Benedict XVI’s did.
What we have here is a failure to excommunicate.
Then there are no Christians in the Church which will do nothing about this apostasy. Mass excommunications should be in order.
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