Last week, German Bishop Peter Kohlgraf of Mainz rejected claims that he and other members of his country’s episcopate have ceased to be Catholic, insisting that such accusations misunderstand both his position and the nature of Catholic identity today.
Preaching in Mainz Cathedral on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Bishop Kohlgraf said he repeatedly encounters assertions that German bishops are no longer Catholic.
Referring to the German Synodal Way and its proposals for reform, the bishop said: “Time and again, I read that myself and other bishops in Germany are no longer Catholic,” before dismissing the charge as unfounded.
