Germany’s Catholic bishops vowed to continue their national debate about changes to church teachings on controversial topics, including homosexuality and the ordination of women, defying a Vatican call to halt their discussions
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The bishops met on Friday with several of the Vatican’s highest officials, who expressed their “worries and reservations” about a process that could throw into question “nonnegotiable” elements of church teaching, according to a joint statement issued by the Vatican and the German Bishops’ Conference,
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