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Antichrists and Practical Heresies: Saint Augustine’s Warning Both the signs of the end and the signs of recognizing the antichrist have been left to us in the inspired texts with the purpose of warning us about the imminence of crucial historical events. Their purpose, however, is never to satisfy our human curiosity, but to urge us to repentance, to penance, to prayer – to a life of more intense and deep sanctity. From the numerous difficult and enigmatic passages contained within the sacred texts of the Bible, the most read are the prophecies concerning the end of the world. No...

[Catholic Caucus] German diocese led by head of bishops’ conference ordained zero priests in 2023It is the first time in the history of the Diocese of Limburg — since 1821 — that no priests have been ordained in an entire year.LIMBURG, Germany (LifeSiteNews) — A diocese in Germany led by the head of the nation’s bishops’ conference ordained zero priests for the first time in history in 2023.The Diocese of Limburg in western Germany is led by Bishop Georg Bätzing, who has spearheaded the “Synodal Way” of the German bishops’ conference, and is known for his heretical stances on moral...

Pro-LGBT head of German bishops’ conference says he wants to ‘found the Church differently’'Open the Scriptures, preferably read them together and interpret them from your daily life.'The head of the German bishops’ Conference (DBK) has called for “new ideas” of “how we can found the Church differently.” In a sermon on July 23, during the 125th anniversary celebration of a parish church in Koblenz, Bishop Georg Bätzing, who is known as the leader and head of the heretical Synodal Way, said that he believes the Church is in a new “time of sowing.” “New ideas are needed about how we...

[Catholic Caucus] Niet! Bishop Bätzing Puts Francis in His PlaceThe German church tax bishops are adamant about setting up a "Synodal Committee", said the presiding bishop, Bätzing, at a March 2 press conference.Until now, the governing body of clergy and laity planned on the Anglican model was called "Synodal Council". The plans have been categorically rejected by the Vatican via Nuncio Eterović but of course without threatening any consequences.Bätzing explicitly distanced himself from Francis: "Here I say: Holy Father, you can bring that up, yes. But you cannot demand that people accept it."According to Kna.de, he admitted that Eterović's objection...

German Bishops’ President Rebukes Pope Francis for Criticism of Synodal WayBishop Bätzing was referring to comments Pope Francis made about the Synodal Way, among other subjects, in a wide-ranging interview last week with the Associated Press. Bishop Georg Bätzing has criticized Pope Francis and dismissed the Pope’s recent words that the controversial German Synodal Way is unhelpful, damaging, and ideologically poisoned, saying the Germans had “fundamentally different views of synodality” than Rome. In an interview published Jan. 27, the president of Germany’s Bishops’ Conference said he considered the Pope’s “way of leading the Church by way of interviews” as “extremely...

[Catholic Caucus] Definition of a Liar: "What Was False Yesterday Can Be True Today" - Presiding BishopIt is human nature to seek continuity but the shortest definition of religion is "interruption".This nonsense was uttered by presiding Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg in a September 27 sermon to the German Bishops' Conference. Strangely, no one laughed. At the same time, he knocked Ratzinger's hermeneutics of continuity into the dustbin. According to Thomas Aquinas, religion consists in giving God the worship that is due to him, the source of all being.For the confused bishop, "all-too-certainly asserted continuities, i.e. seamless connections along the...

[Catholic Caucus] German Diocese: Now Comes Homosexual PromiscuityHe can only feel accepted by the Church as a homosexual "if I am also accepted with changing partners," Eric Tilch, a militant homosexual whom Limburg diocese employs as a "youth education officer," let the cat out of the bag at a panel discussion on March 7 (BistumLimburg.de).Limburg diocese is currently in the process of being sunk by Bishop Georg Bätzing, the President of the German Bishops. Tilch revealed that the German Church accepts “stable" homosex partnerships but said it should extend that to homosexual promiscuity.In March, the diocese decreed that no diocesan...

German Bishops Chairman: Gay Sex Does Not Harm ‘One’s Relationship with God’ROME — The Chairman of the German Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Georg Bätzing, has urged the Catholic Church to change its teaching on sexual morality, insisting that gay sex does not harm a person’s relationship with God.Same-sex relations are okay, Bishop Bätzing told the German magazine Bunte in its March 4 issue, “as long as they are carried out with loyalty and responsibility.”“It doesn’t affect one’s relationship with God,” the bishop added.Bätzing went on to say that how a person lives their personal intimacy “is none of my business.”In...

The Eucharistic Miracle of Avignon“Of all the sacred mysteries bequeathed to us by Our Lord and Saviour—there is none more comparable to the most holy Sacrament of the Eucharist; so, for no crime is there a heavier punishment to be feared from God than for unholy or irreligious use by the faithful of that which is full of holiness—which contains the very author and source of holiness.” (The Roman Catechism) This belief in the Eucharist is a timeless understanding held by Catholics around the world. And yet we have Bishop Batzing, President of Germany’s Bishop’s Conference, saying in a recent...

Homosex “Blessings": President of German “Bishops" Wants to “Change" CatechismThe Catechism should be rewritten with regard to practised homosexuality and a "blessing" for homosex couples should be introduced, the president of the German Bishops, Georg Bätzing of Limburg told Herder.de.He believes that "we" need solutions which would not only take effect in private, "but also have a public visibility - but make it clear that no marriage is being founded." Bätzing was unable to say what his "homosex blessing" would institute.Bätzing thinks it is possible to introduce homosex "blessings" independently of the Vatican. Alternatively, a council could discuss these "questions,"...