Is it something in the water in Germany? First Luther splits Christendom. Then, the 'Old Catholic' heresy, and now the 'Modern Catholic' variety.
From Gloria.tvAuxiliary Bishop Ludger Schepers of Essen, Germany, has named 13 women from all over Germany as "Deaconesses in the Spirit".
He did this during a ceremony on 13 April in the church of the Franciscan Sisters of Waldbreitbach. The event included a 'blessing' and the presentation of a 'Deaconess in the Spirit' certificate (sic).
The event marked the end of three and a half years of formation in the "Women's Diaconate Network".
In his homily, Monsignor Schepers claimed that women "are also called to the diaconate" [by whom?].
According to Schepers' imbalanced theological understanding, it is an "imbalance" and a "grievance" that the sacrament of Holy Orders is reserved [by Christ] only for men.
Presiding German Bishop Georg Bätzing, who has long since fallen away from the Catholic faith, 'congratulated' the 13 women in a written message, claiming that 'you are a blessing for our Church'.
Some of the women are employed by the German Church and are already "preaching" at Novus Ordo Eucharists.
The Catholic Church in Germany is kept artificially alive by a system of church taxes, without which it would collapse within days.
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