German bishops vow to continue with reforms and be 'Catholic in a different way'

Bishops from Germany last week pledged commitment to reforms to Catholic teaching that have been criticised by the Vatican.

Bishop Georg Bätzing, the head of the German Bishops' Conference (DBK), told reporters in Rome following a series of meetings with Pope Francis and other figures in the Vatican hierarchy that they wished to be "Catholic in a different way" by implementing reforms discussed in the German Synodal Path.

"We are Catholic," Bätzing said at a news conference. "But we want to be Catholic in a different way.”