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What makes a German 'conservative'?

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Ed. Condon
and
JD Flynn
Jan 05, 2021
∙ Paid
Credit: Bistum Limberg

Last week, Bishop Georg Bätzing, the leader of the German bishops’ conference, gave an interview in which he renewed calls for the Church to bless same-sex couples, ordain women, and sanction inter-Communion with Protestants. 

Surprisingly, the Bishop of Limburg framed himself, and his support for wholesale change in Church teaching…

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