By Matters India Reporter Vatican City, Nov 26, 2025: Pope Leo XIV on November 26 appointed Carmelite Father Joshy Potteckal as the auxiliary bishop of Mainz, Germany. The announcement was made simultaneously in the Vatican and in Mainz. The 48-year-old bishop-elect is a member of the Order of Carmelites, aContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, July 25, 2022: “Severely abused by husband,” “Beaten and choked by her partner,” “She wanted to leave him, he shot her” – these are just some recent headlines in German newspapers. Violence against women is on the rise in Germany. German authorities report a highContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, June 23, 2022: When we were young, being gay meant that we had the joyous abandonment of a child, an attribute that St Paul gives to being children of God (cf Rom 8:21). Today, being gay is understood as a man having a sexual relationship with anotherContinue Reading
Limburg, June 14, 2022: The rector of a German Catholic seminary was found dead in an apparent suicide case. Father Christof May had been removed the day before from all his offices by Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg. Bätzing, the current chairman of the German bishops’ conference, reportedly took theContinue Reading
A German Catholic group appealed Saturday to the country’s bishops to unite with Rome amid a day of protest at the Vatican’s “no” to same-sex blessings. The initiative “Maria 1.0” called on the bishops to stop the blessing celebrations for same-sex partnerships planned by some priests for May 10. InContinue Reading
Malayalam is set to get its first big global push. In October, the University of Tubingen in Germany will be setting up a chair dedicated to the teaching of and research in Malayalam. It is being named after Hermann Gundert, a missionary scholar who lived and worked in Tellichery inContinue Reading
Prominent Church leaders in Germany say the bishops’ conference will adopt pastoral care for marriages and family regardless of the outcome of October’s SynodContinue Reading
