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Bishop Bätzing’s very bad year

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Luke Coppen
Jul 01, 2022
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Bishop Georg Bätzing. Christian Pulfrich via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

We are barely halfway through 2022 and it’s already proving to be a difficult year for Bishop Georg Bätzing. The chairman of the German bishops’ conference is having what Queen Elizabeth II famously described as an annus horribilis. 

Criticized by overseas bishops, teased by the pope, …

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