{"id":47844,"date":"2025-04-22T03:05:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T07:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/german-catholic-laity-sees-church-at-risk-with-new-conservative-pope\/22\/04\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T03:05:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T07:05:52","slug":"german-catholic-laity-sees-church-at-risk-with-new-conservative-pope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/german-catholic-laity-sees-church-at-risk-with-new-conservative-pope\/22\/04\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"German Catholic laity sees Church at risk with new conservative pope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"relative mb-6 aisummary_shadowPulse__HDPrM\">\n<div class=\"box-content rounded-[14px] bg-gradient-to-b from-[#c938e3] to-[#4941fb] p-0.5\" style=\"max-height:5rem\">\n<div class=\"rounded-xl bg-[#fcfbfb] dark:bg-inkwell px-5\">\n<div class=\"relative flex justify-between py-5 text-base font-semibold\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\"><button aria-label=\"Visually show the key takeways description\" class=\"group z-2\" data-ylk=\"elm:card;itc:1;sec:ai-summary;slk:key-takeaways;\"><span class=\"group relative text-left transition-all duration-1000 ease-in-out\"><svg class=\"absolute size-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><lineargradient id=\"svg-ai-icon-gradient\" x1=\"12.5\" x2=\"12.5\" y1=\"2.5\" y2=\"21.5\" gradientunits=\"userSpaceOnUse\"><stop stop-color=\"#3941FD\"\/><stop offset=\"1\" stop-color=\"#D136E0\"\/><\/lineargradient><\/svg><svg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"mr-1\" fill=\"url(#svg-ai-icon-gradient)\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M21.5 6.5a6.77 6.77 0 0 1-4-4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1-4 4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1 4 4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1 4-4M3.5 14A12.69 12.69 0 0 0 11 6.5a12.69 12.69 0 0 0 7.5 7.5 12.69 12.69 0 0 0-7.5 7.5A12.7 12.7 0 0 0 3.5 14m7.5 3.638A14.5 14.5 0 0 0 7.362 14 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 11 10.362 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 14.638 14 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 11 17.638\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"sr-only !absolute !w-[310px] max-w-[80vw] translate-y-full rounded-lg bg-white text-sm font-normal opacity-0 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity ease-in-out group-hover:not-sr-only group-hover:block group-hover:p-4 group-hover:opacity-100 group-hover:delay-300 group-focus-visible:not-sr-only group-focus-visible:block group-focus-visible:p-4 group-focus-visible:opacity-100 dark:border dark:border-charcoal dark:bg-inkwell dark:shadow-dark-elevation-3\" id=\"\u00abRar2pmmk5cfevdb\u00bb\" style=\"bottom:-2px\">Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. 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Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.<\/span><\/span><\/button><span class=\"aisummary_textShimmer__8Tdxq\">Generate Key Takeaways<\/span><\/div>\n<p><button aria-label=\"Expand Key Takeaways\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"\u00abR32pmmk5cfevdbH1\u00bb\" class=\"stretched-box text-batcave hover:text-grape-jelly focus:text-grape-jelly dark:text-bob dark:hover:text-thanos dark:focus:text-thanos\" id=\"\u00abR32pmmk5cfevdb\u00bb\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:ai-summary;slk:key-takeaways;\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 13\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fill-current\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"><path d=\"M6 6.897 3.547 4.443a.5.5 0 0 0-.699.002.493.493 0 0 0-.001.699L6 8.298l3.155-3.155a.497.497 0 0 0-.001-.7.493.493 0 0 0-.7 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The head of the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK) has voiced hope that the next pope will continue on the legacy of openness pursued by Pope Francis, warning that the election of a conservative figure could pose challenges for the Church in Germany.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ZdK president Irme Stetter-Karp told dpa that the Church requires leadership capable of meeting the demands of the 21st century. She said the election of a conservative pope would likely pose a significant challenge for the Catholic Church in Germany.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She acknowledged the presence of forces within the Catholic Church that wish to maintain clerical power and view too much freedom for the faithful as a threat to Church unity. &#8220;This risk exists, and it is not small.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The ZdK represents the Catholic laity, the non-clergy in local parishes. Together with the German Bishops&#8217; Conference, the ZdK initiated a reform process in 2019, the Synodal Path.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This focused on reforms within the Church concerning lay preaching and same-sex couples, moves that infuriated conservatives, prompting some to speak of a schism and heresy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Surveys have repeatedly shown that the majority of German Catholics support liberalizing reforms, including more rights for women and a shift in the Church&#8217;s stance on sexual morality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/german-catholic-laity-sees-church-055822835.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. 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