Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bishops stand together before the opening service in the High Cathedral. The office of the German Bishops' Conference in the ...

The German bishops' conference announced that it has elected Bishop Heiner Wilmer of Hildesheim as its next president. He will serve as president for a six-year term, succeeding Bishop Georg Bätzing ...

The German bishops' conference announced that it has elected Bishop Heiner Wilmer of Hildesheim as its next president. He will serve as president for a six-year term, succeeding Bishop Georg Bätzing ...

Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, president of the German bishops' conference, who spearheaded the controversial Synodal Way during his six-year term, announced that he will not seek reelection when ...

Last month, the German Bishops’ Conference named Schepers its representative for “queer” pastoral care, a position that had previously only existed at the diocesan level but now carries the full force ...

Pope Francis and the bishops of Germany pose for a photo after a meeting in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace Nov. 17, 2022, as part of the bishops’ “ad limina” visits to the Vatican.

Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, Germany, president of the German bishops' conference, speaks during a news conference at the start of the bishops' fall plenary meeting in Fulda Sept. 20, 2021. Bishop ...

March 22 was a significant day for Catholics in Germany. The heads of the German bishops' conference traveled to Rome to speak to Vatican leaders and look for a way out of the impasse they have found ...