Public spat between German bishop and Swiss cardinal leads to private meeting in Rome

Public spat between German bishop and Swiss cardinal leads to private meeting in Rome Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops’ conference. Photo: CNS

Following demands for an apology and a threat he might “file an official complaint with the Holy Father,” the German Bishops’ Conference president met with a Vatican cardinal in Rome this week. Bishop Georg Bätzing sat down with Cardinal Kurt Koch October 4 to apparently clear the air over what the German Bishop Bätzing had…

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