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The chairman of the Catholic German Bishops Conference, Cardinal Georg Baetzing, speaks to the media in Bonn, Germany, Feb. 25, 2021. Top Vatican cardinals called for pause in the on the German Catholic Church’s controversial reform process during an unusual Vatican summit Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, fearing proposals concerning gays, women and sexual morals will split the church. Bishop Georg Baetzing, who heads the German bishops conference, explained the work undertaken so far, stressing that it was based on listening to the “people of God and the pain over abuses committed by clergy”. (Sascha Steinbach/Pool via AP, file)

Vatican urges German Catholic Church to put brakes on reform

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

This Dec. 8, 2015 file photo shows Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI sitting in St. Peter's Basilica as he attends the ceremony marking the start of the Holy Year. Retired Pope Benedict XVI asked forgiveness Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, for any “grievous faults&quot; in his handling of clergy sex abuse cases, but admitted to no personal or specific wrongdoing after an independent report criticized his actions in four cases while he was archbishop of Munich, Germany. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Retired Pope Benedict XVI asks pardon for abuse, but admits no wrongdoing

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

A participant of a rally of the initiative Maria 2.0 holds a poster with the inscription 'No offices for cover-ups' in front of the cathedral in Cologne, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021 before the beginning of a penitential service of the archdiocese of Cologne in the course of coming to terms with sexual violence. (Henning Kaiser/dpa via AP)

Cologne Catholic churchs hold penance service on sex abuse

By Daniel Niemann and Kirsten Grieshaber - Associated Press

Pope warns Germans not to ignore religion

By Victor L. Simpson - Associated Press

Struggling Dublin archdiocese considers tax on ebbing faithful

By Jason Walsh - The Washington Times