Cleric: Heiner Wilmer
Head of German Bishops Will Bring Experiences Of “Homosexual Couples” To Rome
The president of the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK), Bishop Heiner Wilmer, announced that he will bring to Rome the experiences gathered in meetings with different types of couples, including "same-sex ...
Have The German Bishops Finally Lost Their Synodal Majority?
The chairman of the German bishops’ conference has suggested that the first scheduled meeting of a controversial synodal body will be delayed absent approval of its statutes by the Vatican ...
German Bishops Submit Lay Governance Proposals to Vatican
The head of the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK) has handed over the statutes of a proposed “Synodal Conference,” a body that would enable Catholic laity to share in the bishops’ ...
German Bishops to ask Rome to Permit Lay Homilies
According to Church law, homilies at Mass are “reserved to a priest or deacon,” but lay people can receive permission to preach in a church or oratory, “if necessity requires ...
German Bishops Elect Pro-Homosexual Activist To Chair German Bishops Conference
Bishop Heiner Wilmer, 64, Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany, was elected today as president of the German Bishops' Conference. He entered the religious order of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Dehonians) ...
German Bishop Appoints Pro-LGBT Lay ‘Pastoral Ministers’ to Help People ‘Celebrate Their Transition’
Bishop Heiner Wilmer of the German Diocese of Hildesheim has appointed three lay “ministers” to offer so-called “queer-sensitive pastoral care.” According to a press release from the diocese, the lay “pastoral ...
Bishop Wilmer Calls for ‘Significant Changes in Sexual Morality in the Catholic Church’
The bishop of Hildesheim, Germany, who may still be named prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, recently published a letter stating that “it has become clear ...