The pope suffered from the flu for almost two weeks and hardly spoke in public. During a visit to a parish on Friday, he appeared recovered and preached for an unusually long time.

Pope Francis is continuing his work program despite the flu. On Thursday morning, he held seven audiences for individuals and groups.

The cardinal's warning comes after lay German Catholics involved in the Synodal Path called on the bishops to defy Rome and stick to the reform course.

The Vatican’s decision to authorize the blessing of homosexual and remarried couples has triggered mixed reactions.

Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, Germany, has written a letter to his Polish counterpart, Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki of Poznan, accusing him of “unbrotherly behavior” and of an “enormous overstepping of his authority.”

26 non-ordained theologians have been authorized to administer the sacrament of baptism in church liturgies for the first time in the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart in south-western Germany,

Cardinals have to pay around 2,000 euros for the basic outfit, which consists of a woolen cassock and a choir shirt in red.

While 2022 saw a record number of people leaving the church in Germany, Catholic dioceses in the country simultaneously saw an influx in baptism and marriage ceremonies.

Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki commented, “To some, the consumption of pornography may seem harmless. But I agree with Pope Francis, who condemns it and warns of its dangers, especially the violation of human dignity.”

Representatives of the Roman Curia and the German bishops’ conference discussed theological and disciplinary issues related to the German church’s Synodal Path in a “positive and constructive climate” during a meeting at the Vatican July 26.