Freiburg Declaration
The Freiburg Declaration is a declaration published in June 2012 by Roman Catholic priests and deacons from the Archdiocese of Freiburg . They confessed that they would give Holy Communion to Catholics who have remarried after divorce . After the publication they were pressured by Archbishop Robert Zollitsch to withdraw their signature. Nevertheless, at the invitation of Fridolin Keck , Vicar General of Freiburg , a meeting with the initiators is planned, Archbishop Zollitsch will attend.
While Archbishop Zollitsch expressed understanding for the concerns of the declaration and promised reforms of the pastoral care for remarried divorcees, others expressed themselves critically. Joachim Cardinal Meisner emphasized the indissolubility of marriage against possible reforms. He received strong criticism for this. The majority of the German bishops have not yet commented on the Freiburg Declaration.
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of the declaration
- ↑ Letter from the Ordinariate dated June 8, 2012 ( online ; PDF; 31 kB)
- ↑ Freiburg Declaration. German priests rebel against the Pope. In: Spiegel online , June 12, 2012 ( online )
- ↑ Spiegel.de, accessed June 14, 2012
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130917001931/http://www.domradio.de/nachrichten/2012-06-21/erzbischof-zollitsch-will-seelsorge-fuer-wiederverheiratete-veraendern