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Vatican Pauses Speyer Diocese’s Plan to Cut Parishes From 70 to Nine
The administrator of the vacant Diocese of Speyer, Fr. Markus Magin, has said he will reluctantly comply with a Vatican instruction to suspend a plan to reduce the...

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Catholic Confirmations in Speyer Decline as Church Makes Changes to Sacrament
The number of young people receiving confirmation in the Catholic Church has fallen significantly in recent decades, and the sacrament is undergoing some changes. The source does not...

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Vatican Halts Parish Structure Reform in Diocese of Speyer, Germany, During Vacancy
The Apostolic Nuncio in Berlin, Archbishop Hubertus van Megen, has directed that the reform of parish structures in the Diocese of Speyer be suspended for the duration of...