Hans Feichtinger

Unless the Holy See takes concrete measures now against those who go beyond the limits established by Fiducia Supplicans, it will lose credibility and authority. Continue Reading »

Reform will only happen if the Church remembers that she exists because of Christ and “in order to evangelize,” as Paul VI said. Continue Reading »

Sadly, the German bishops want to “reform” first and evangelize later. Continue Reading »

Regardless of what many German bishops seem to think, priests today must not lead less, but more.  Continue Reading »

Last week, Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court established an absolute, unlimited right to suicide “in all stages of a person’s existence.” Continue Reading »

The Synodal Way is the culmination of a long history of German alienation from authentic Church renewal. Continue Reading »

German bishops have announced that, in the future, non-Catholics attending Mass with their Catholic spouses could be admitted to communion. Continue Reading »

Last year, Canada’s Supreme Court unanimously decided that laws criminalizing assisted suicide are unconstitutional and in violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Following the court’s verdict, Canadian Parliament in June 2016 passed a new law according Canadians a right to . . . . Continue Reading »

As I am writing these lines at the end of November, the county and city of Passau (where I am from) is putting up more refugees than whole countries in Eastern Europe have agreed to accept. Winter is coming, so things must be done safely and well. I am proud of the charity and hospitality I see . . . . Continue Reading »

In the run-up to this fall’s Synod on the Family, we’ve been hearing a lot from the German bishops. They argue that church teaching and discipline must be informed by Lebenswirklichkeit, the reality of life. The Church should engage “the reality of human beings and of the world,” they say, . . . . Continue Reading »