Posted on 04/24/2015 7:17:43 AM PDT by markomalley
The German Catholic bishops’ conference has made public a report on a survey of the faithful in preparation for the October meeting of the Synod of Bishops, finding a “gap between the lived reality of families and our communities” and the teachings of the Church.
The report complains of an “idealization of marriage and family” in Church teaching, and calls for the approval of new pastoral initiatives to help families that fall short. The bishops “expectations among the faithful are very high” that the Church will approve new policies. And the bishops recall the decision of their own episcopal conference to endorse a policy allowing divorced and remarried Catholics to receive Communion.
In a separate report, the German bishops’ conference has released the results of a survey that found more than half (54%) of the country’s Catholic priests go to confession no more than once a year, and only 58% of German priests report that they pray every day.
Gee, do you think that the two could be connected? (/sarc)
ROTFL ya think?
“Talk to God? I can’t be bothered...”
Same old, same old. The Germans maybe want yet another Reformation?
**more than half (54%) of the country’s Catholic priests go to confession no more than once a year, and only 58% of German priests report that they pray every day.**
Poorly catechized no doubt.
These Heretical bishops lead by the ultimate heretic Kasper need to be removed from pastoral service if not outright excommunicated with elimination of salary, benefits and living condition. Let them found their own heretical church.
Objectively disobedient, since clergy and religious are required to pray the divine office daily, which would mean 3 -4 sessions of prayer per day. (The norm is also for priests to celebrate Mass daily, but it’s not an absolute requirement.)
42% of Priests don’t pray every day? That is the shocking take-away to me.
The German Catholic church is pretty much a state-funded church (many are), it even owned (unless they sold it recently) the largest pornography publisher in Germany (gotta park all that funding in some investments, I guess)
The German government needs to get out of the church business
priests, and deacons aspiring to the priesthood, are obliged to carry out the liturgy of the hours daily, in accordance with their own approved liturgical books; permanent deacons are to recite that part of it determined by the Episcopal Conference;
When was strict adherence to the Word of G-d ever popular?
Yeah, let’s teach that the gate to Heaven is not strait, but wide and wide open, anybody can get there with no trouble. That sort of teaching will be popular.
Truth is you don’t need to “go to confession”-—that is to a priest to confess your sins. You can confess them directly to God. You can confess your sins to anyone. According to the Bible:
“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”
James 5:16
No where can I find any passage which requires that you must confess your sins to a priest.
And what are the German bishops doing to teach their flock the true faith?
The German “Church” should have been disbanded years ago and become protestant because that’s all they are.
The American Church isn’t too far behind.....
“...and become protestant because that’s all they are...”
Protestants pray...atheists don’t.
“...and become protestant because that’s all they are...”
Protestants pray...atheists don’t.
Very, very sad to hear, if entirely true.
May God rekindle the fire of their vocation and a return to orthodoxy for all of the ordained of Germany!
Before I officially left the RC, I remained active in many "ministries"
One time I had a meeting of a committee at my home..the associate pastor was present.. during the discussion he admitted he rarely prayed.. I was taken aback by that "public" admission.. but to be honest my guess is the numbers might be the same for protestant pastors..
Back in Cardinal Mahoney’s day at the LA archdiocese, there were priests at the chancery office who could never be bothered to offer daily mass for the employees. A few priests served in this manner, over and over again. As to the others, there were some who didn’t have any parish responsibilities and just worked at the chancery. It was unclear when, if ever, those guys said mass. (according to my friend at the chancery).
Now, the new archbishop Gomez has replaced a lot of people, so this may well have changed. He tends to hire priests who like to be priestly.
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