German bishop condemns reparation prayer over Vatican LGBTQ pilgrimage

A German bishop has condemned a prayer of reparation offered by four bishops earlier this month following a Vatican pilgrimage by LGBTQ Catholics.

Auxiliary Bishop Ludger Schepers of Essen publicly denounced an act of reparation undertaken by four bishops on 4 October during the Catholic Identity Conference, after an LGBTQ pilgrimage to the Vatican on 6 September.

Speaking to the German bishops’ agency KNA, he described the gesture as “a scandalous sign of ecclesiastical narrow-mindedness and an open rejection of all those who long for a Church that truly lives the Gospel.”