German Bishop Heiner Wilmer of Hildesheim, pictured Feb. 23, 2026, during the spring plenary assembly of the German Bishops' Conference in Würzburg, was elected the next president of the conference Feb. 24. Bishop Wilmer, who will serve as president for a six-year term, succeeds Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, who chose not to seek reelection. (OSV News photo/Harald Oppitz, KNA) The new chairman of the Bishops’ Conference, Heiner Wilmer, does not want Germany to go it alone on Catholic Church reforms. Good coordination with the church leadership in Rome and with the World Synod is important to him, said the Bishop of Hildesheim on Thursday in Würzburg. He will travel to Rome soon so that…
