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Rome sets red lines for talks with German bishops

The Vatican said that women priests and Church teaching on homosexual acts were not up for discussion.

Luke Coppen
Nov 24, 2023
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The Vatican has told German bishops that women priests and Church teaching on homosexual acts are not up for discussion in talks scheduled for next year.

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin. © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk.

Rome set out its red lines in an Oct. 23 note to Beate Gilles, the general secretary of the German bishops’ conference. A confere…

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