Moravian and Old Catholic
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GwenOld Catholic General Vicar Anja Goller Defends Women’s Ordination and Synodal Structure
The Old Catholic Church admits women to the diaconate, the priesthood and the episcopate, according to Anja Goller, General Vicar of the Diocese of the Old Catholics in...
Former Benedictine Anselm Bilgri Admitted to Work as Old Catholic Priest
Anselm Bilgri, a former prior of the Benedictine monastery of Andechs who has been in the Old Catholic Church since December 2020, has been admitted to work as...
Trinity Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Launches Debt Jubilee Project to Forgive Medical Debt
Trinity Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is a 114-year-old red-brick church led by the Rev. John Jackman, according to KFF Health News. Jackman describes the congregation as...
Old Catholic Bishop Matthias Ring Says Some Roman Catholics Are Leaving Over Abuse Cases
The Old Catholic Church in Germany sees a growing number of Roman Catholic Christians leaving their church in some regions. Old Catholic bishop Matthias Ring, 59, told the...
At Synod in Mainz, Germany, Old Catholic Bishop Rejects View That Abuse Is Only a Roman Catholic Problem
Matthias Ring, bishop of the Old Catholic Diocese in Germany, warned against regarding abuse as a problem confined to the Roman Catholic Church. At the opening of the...
Old Catholic Synod in Mainz, Germany, Adopts Resolution Against Right-Wing Extremism and Racism
The Old Catholic Church’s Synod of Dioceses in Mainz, Germany, ended on a Sunday. According to Report 1 (katholisch.de, July 10, 2024), the synod distanced the church from...
Old Catholic Bishop Matthias Ring Warns Against Viewing Abuse as Purely Roman Catholic Problem
Old Catholic Bishop Matthias Ring has warned his church against regarding abuse as a problem confined to the Roman Catholic Church. At the opening of the Synod of...
Moravian Congregation in Berlin-Neukölln, Germany, Opens Hall to Neighbors and Plans Dialogue Forum
Men with bare chests, women in tank tops and a yoga drummer urged barefoot dancers across the dark parquet floor of the assembly hall of the Brüdergemeine in...
Herrnhut, Saxony, Germany, Marks 300 Years Since Founding by Protestant Refugees
Herrnhut, a town in East Saxony between Löbau and Zittau, is marking 300 years since its founding. Protestant religious refugees who fled from Moravia to Saxony during the...
