German Bishops to speak with Vatican Officials

On Thursday, 3 May of this year, a group of German Cardinals and Bishops will meet in the Vatican with some of the Heads of Dicasteries and other Officials of the Roman Curia to discuss the issue of the possible access to the Eucharist for non-Catholic spouses in mixed marriages.

The German delegation is composed of the following:

• Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Archbishop of München und Freising and President of the German Episcopal Conference; 
• Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, Archbishop of Köln; 
• His Excellency, Felix Genn, Bishop of Münster; 
• His Excellency, Karl-Heinz Wiesemann, Bishop of Speyer and President of the Doctrinal Commission of the German Conference of Bishops; 
• His Excellency, Rudolf Voderholzer, Bishop of Regensburg, Vice-President of the Doctrinal Commission of the German Conference of Bishops;
• His Excellency, Gerhard Feige, Bishop of Magdeburg and President of the Commission for Ecumenism of the German Conference of Gishops; and
• Father Hans Langendörfer, SJ, Secretary General of the German Conference of Bishops.

The Heads of Dicasteries and Officials of the Roman Curia who will participate are:

• His Excellency, Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, SJ, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith;
• Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity;
• Monsignor Markus Graulich, SDB, Under-secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts; and
• Father Hermann Geissler, FSO, Office Lead for the Doctrinal Section of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.