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GERMANY’S PUSH FOR WOMEN PRIESTS NEWS: VIDEO REPORTS...by William Mahoney, Ph.D. • ChurchMilitant.com • February 8, 2022 13 Comments Latest votes reveal agenda

GERMANY’S PUSH FOR WOMEN PRIESTS

by William Mahoney, Ph.D. • ChurchMilitant.com • February 8, 2022 13 Comments

Latest votes reveal agenda

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The bishops of Germany continue pushing their so-called Synodal Way along ahead of schedule. This past weekend they voted to advance a set of controversial documents expanding multiple evils. Church Militant's William Mahoney looks at the main takeaways to date.

Synodal Way members are clamoring for the ordination of women and lay participation in bishop appointments.

In the third of five synodal assemblies, participants voted 174–30 over the weekend to move forward with a document calling for women priests. The document, titled, "Women In Ministries and Offices In the Church," calls for the exploration of "a concrete correction and redefinition of the situation and position of women in the Church, which also includes access to the sacramental ministry."

This, despite crystal-clear, immutable Church teaching that the Church is incapable of ordaining women.

Participants also voted 177–24 to move forward with a text calling for the laity to play a part in the selection of new bishops.

The drive to ordain women and have laypeople help choose bishops comes on the heels of episcopal calls for an end to priestly celibacy and an alteration of Church teaching on homosexuality.

Luxembourg's archbishop, Jesuit Cdl. Jean-Claude Hollerich, recently claimed modern science somehow trumps Church teaching on the intrinsic wickedness of homosexual acts. Hollerich further asserted practicing homosexuals have a home in the Church.

Meanwhile, Munich and Freising's bishop, Cdl. Reinhard Marx, recently called for married priests. Marx is one of the Synodal Way's biggest cheerleaders, supporting a host of innovations contrary to Church teaching.

It seems most Synodal Way participants are chomping at the bit to establish another Protestant church, this one a democracy of deviants and dissidents that goes far beyond anything Martin Luther wanted.

There will be two more synodal assemblies, with the Synodal Way set to conclude in 2023.

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FAITHFUL, FRUITFUL AND FREE NEWS: VIDEO REPORTS...by Paul Murano • ChurchMilitant.com • February 8, 2022 2 Comments Evidence links procreation with happiness

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by Paul Murano • ChurchMilitant.com • February 8, 2022 2 Comments

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New evidence is demonstrating there's a strong correlation between happiness and large families, and the link between both is religious faith. In tonight's In-Depth Report, Church Militant's Paul Murano examines the social science, which lends further proof of the Church's divine wisdom.

A new survey from the National Opinion Research Center reveals two basic things: A happy population is one that flourishes with procreation, and Americans are now less happy than they've been in over 50 years.

Nastasia Grace, YouTube personality: "Something just pounds on my brain saying, 'You're not happy!'"

The data shows an epidemic of loneliness and depression — exacerbated by COVID lockdowns — has taken its toll. Only 19% of Americans say they’re very happy while 24% admit they're not too happy.

Boiled down, the survey shows two primary causes: a lack of faith and a breakdown of the family.

Steve Hilton, host, The Next Revolution, Fox News: "And we see the disaster all around us — the kids without fathers, the broken homes, the impact on their lives."

With regard to faith, psychologist, professor and author Dr. Lisa Miller found religious people are much less likely to suffer major depression and that religiosity actually thickens the cerebral cortex.

Sadly, a recent Pew Research poll shows almost a third of American adults have no religious affiliation. And a lack of faith is linked to a lack of children.

America's annual birth rate fell six straight years, reaching its lowest point ever in 2020. It's now half of what it was in the early 1960s — before the sexual revolution began with the birth control pill.

Kent Niebuhr, Catholic father of seven and former stay-at-home dad: "It makes sense that having more children would make you happier because it really pulls away the disillusions of pursuing happiness in material things."

And fewer people are getting married. According to a 2020 report from the Institute for Family Studies or IFS, never-married adults increased over 100% since 1970. And it's no surprise since the divorce rate hovered at around 50%.

It's also no surprise that sins of lust are primary factors in divorce. A 2019 Florida State study found attitudes toward premarital sex are a major factor. This was confirmed in a 2019 IFS survey showing married couples who've had sexual relations only with their spouses were markedly happier than those who had other intimate partners before marriage. Further, couples using artificial contraception are much more likely to divorce.

The Church has always taught sexual intimacy belongs only in marriage and that large families are a blessing from God.

Niebuhr: "That's where happiness lies, in love."

These studies prove what has always been true: People who live contrary to Catholic doctrine cannot be happy.

The average fertility rate in America has been decreasing since the industrial revolution from seven children per family in 1800 to around four in 1960, to less than two in recent times. More technology doesn't always mean more flourishing and happiness.

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