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[Catholic Caucus] Disconcerting quotations from Bishop Heiner WilmerThe bishop of Hildesheim, Germany, who may still be named prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, recently published a letter stating that “it has become clear that we need significant changes in sexual morality in the Catholic Church.”Shortly before Christmas 2022, it seemed likely that Dr. Heiner Wilmer, SCJ, bishop of Hildesheim and a prominent proponent of the German “Synodal Way,” would be named prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith in succession to Cardinal Luis Ladaria Ferrer, SJ. Bishop Wilmer’s statements on a number of...

This Controversial German Bishop May Soon Be Vatican’s Doctrinal HeadBishop Heiner Wilmer, who has been a vocal backer of the German Synodal Way’s most controversial proposals, is reportedly Pope Francis’s ‘probable’ pick to head the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. Just weeks ago, the appointment of a controversial German bishop to the influential role of prefect of the Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith was reportedly blocked by concerned cardinals, who urged Pope Francis against the appointment. Now, Bishop Heiner Wilmer is once again reported to be the Holy Father’s pick to head the Vatican’s office...

[Catholic Caucus] Has Francis Found a New Smurf for the CDF?Francis is looking for a new Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and his candidate is Hildesheim Bishop Heiner Wilmer, 61, Germany, writes MessaInLatino.it (December 13).Wilmer is a Sacred Heart Father and former Superior General of his order who was appointed a bishop in April 2018.In December 2018 he called the German “theologian” Eugen Drewermann, 82, who left the priesthood and the Church “a prophet of our time misrecognised by the Church" and said that "abuse of power is in the DNA of the [Vatican...

[Catholic Caucus] A Christmas Surprise? - Francis to name Über-Modernist German Bishop as Prefect for Doctrine of the Faith Bishop Heiner Wilmer, of Hildesheim, GermanyThe German Hierarchy, with its revolutionary “Synodal Path”, is leading the charge to destroy Catholic unity.What better way to encourage this than for the pope to elevate one of their bishops to the most prominent doctrinal position of the Church? And this might happen very soon, according to the highest sources of our friends at Italian traditional blog Messa in Latino:News - a Christmas present: new modernist Prefect at the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the...

Back Again: German Bishops "Allow" Lethal InjectionGermany is in the process of enforcing assisted suicide ("euthanasia") after their Constitutional Court claimed in February 2020 that the ban on "businesslike euthanasia" contradicts a "right to self-determination".The bishops and protestants in Lower Saxony and Bremen published an "ecumenical declaration" on this on 16 March, signed by Bishops Bode (Osnabrück), Wilmer (Hildesheim) and Theising (Münster auxiliary bishop).They justify assisted suicide in individual cases [= always], "Whether in borderline and emergency situations an assisted suicide can be tolerated in church houses cannot be answered in a general way" [= it is allowed].Wilmer (Hildesheim) said...

[Catholic Caucus] Crazy Germans: The Almighty Is "Death" - Faithful "Overrate" Mass We are "surrounded by one almighty, whether we like it or not," Hildesheim Bishop Heiner Wilmer, Germany, told DeutschlandFunk.de (April 12).He identifies "death" as "the almighty par excellence."Wilmer criticises Catholics because they are "fixated only on the Eucharist" although Christ is "also present" in the Bible and in communal prayer [but in a very different way].The reaction of the faithful to the coronavirus ban on liturgy shows that "the Eucharist is indeed overrated," Wilmer repeats, "As if there were nothing else."Despite the prohibition of all liturgies, Wilmer doesn't...

German bishop: idea of coronavirus as God’s punishment is ‘terrible…un-Christian’ Bishop Heiner Wilmer said the 'corona crisis is not a punishment from God' April 1, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – German Bishop Heiner Wilmer has stated in a March 30 interview that he believes that the idea of a punishing God is “terrible and also completely un-Christian.” He goes on to say that “the corona crisis is not a punishment from God.”  Speaking to the German regional newspaper Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, the bishop of the Diocese of Hildesheim in the north of Germany discusses the effects of the coronavirus crisis on the Faith,...

Move toward Catholics and Protestants under one roofHANOVER, Germany (ChurchMilitant.com) - A German Catholic bishop has endorsed the proposal of his Protestant counterpart for Catholics and Protestants to worship under one roof. Bishop Heiner Wilmer of Hildesheim, known as an advocate for "a new way of thinking in the Church," has welcomed the prospect of combined Catholic and Protestant parishes in the future. "I firmly believe that there is much more connecting than separating between the two major German churches," Wilmer said in reponse to the moves of Hanover Protestant bishop Ralf Meister to blur distinctions between the two faiths....