"Head of German Bishops, Self-Described Conservative, Calls for Changing Church Teaching on LGBT People and Women Priests", America, Catholic News Service

 https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2020/12/29/leader-german-bishops-women-lgbt-church-teaching-239608

Limburg Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops' conference, is pictured in a Sept. 15, 2019, photo. In wide-ranging interview, the self-described "conservative" bishop said the church needs to change and criticized the Vatican's treatment of the church in his country. (CNS photo/Harald Oppitz, KNA)

My Response: Finally, a conservative bishop embraces Gospel inclusivity and breaks with the Vatican on its policies of discrimination against LGBTQ and Women Priests! 

Our international Roman Catholic Women Priests Movement continues to ordain women in apostolic succession.We are changing the model of Church from a clerical- all-male club to an inclusive community of equals where all are welcome and all are called to celebrate sacraments. Bridget Mary Meehan, https://arcwp.org

"Among other things, Bishop Bätzing suggested changing church teaching on homosexuality. The Catholic Church says homosexual acts are “intrinsically disordered,” but homosexuals are to be treated with “respect, compassion and sensitivity” and without discrimination.

Bishop Bätzing also wants church blessings for couples who cannot marry in the Catholic Church.

“We need solutions that are not only effective in private, but also have public visibility -- yet make it clear that no marriage is being solemnized,” he said. In addition to homosexual couples, for example, people who remarry after a divorce are not allowed to marry as Catholics without the first marriage being annulled.

KNA reported that, in the interview, the Limburg bishop called for reforms of the participation of women in the church. He said it was becoming increasingly difficult to justify the ban on ordaining women deacons and priests. It was important to him to “honestly state the church’s arguments as to why the sacramental ministry can only be given to men.”