Initiative groups of Catholic lay people and priests

The initiative groups of Catholic laypeople and priests are associations of Roman Catholic laypeople and clergy who are loyal to the teaching office and loyal to the Pope, organized according to dioceses .

aims

They see it as the task of the association to bring Catholics together who profess the unabridged faith of the Catholic Church , as expressed in the " Catechism of the Catholic Church ". The initiative groups base their work on the Second Vatican Council .

history

The first initiative group was set up in 1989 in the diocese of Augsburg and was brought into being with the support of Archbishop Josef Stimpfle . Initiative groups in other dioceses were formed in the period that followed. The initiative received support from many church dignitaries and representatives of science. At events of the Initiativkreis Augsburg, u. a .: Archbishop Josef Stimpfle , Bishop Kurt Krenn , Auxiliary Bishop Andreas Laun and the professors and scientists Walter Brandmüller , Hubert Gindest , Manfred Hauke , Walter Hoeres , Georg May , Cardinal Leo Scheffczyk , Robert Spaemann , Carsten Peter Thiede , Prelate Anton Ziegenaus ; also Martine Liminski and Sabine Düren.

Networking and demarcation

The initiative groups belong to the "Action Group of Catholic Laity and Priests in German-Speaking Dioceses". The initiative groups are not to be confused with "Pro Sancta Ecclesia" and the "Association of Initiative Groups of Catholic Laity and Priests in the German-Speaking Area", founded in 1997, from which the initiative groups, which are now part of the action group, separated in 2000.

Some initiative groups, namely Una Voce , the network of Catholic priests and Pro Missa Tridentina are co-organizers of the Cologne liturgical conferences , which are held periodically in Herzogenrath in the diocese of Aachen .