Bishops conferences

German bishops elect new conference leader amid reform talks
- Mar 3, 2020
The German Bishops’ Conference elected Bishop Georg Baetzing of Limburg as its new leader on Tuesday.

By Associated Press
Is Vatican anti-abuse task force ‘Tale of Two Cities’ or ‘Remembrance of Things Past’?
- Feb 29, 2020
The Vatican presented a new high-level task force Friday intended to help national and regional bishops’ conferences around the world, as well as religious orders, to develop and update their guidelines on child protection and the fight against abuse.

By John L. Allen Jr.
Bishop proposes rotating presidency of German bishops’ conference
- Feb 27, 2020
Just ahead of the German bishops’ conference spring meeting to elect a new president, Regensburg Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer has proposed a new system for the group’s leadership.

By Catholic News Service

Why Francis’s child protection summit may be highest-stakes gamble of his papacy
- Sep 13, 2018
In the wake of Pope Francis’s decision to summon the presidents of all bishops’ conferences of the world to talk about “the protection of minors,” there are some reasons why it may be the highest-stakes gamble of his papacy.

By John L. Allen Jr.
How Romano Guardini helps to shape the ‘Spirit of the Papacy’
- Feb 25, 2018
Romano Guardini wasn’t elected pope in March 2013, but the influence of the great Italian-born German intellectual runs through the pontificate of Pope Francis.

By John L. Allen Jr.
Malaysian bishop says Pope Francis is ‘what the Holy Spirit is saying today’
- Feb 11, 2018
At a time when Pope Francis is under fire on multiple fronts, a Malaysian bishop says he and his fellow prelates came to Rome this week in part to affirm “that we’re happy with the direction he’s taking for the universal Church.”

By John Allen and Claire Giangravé