{"id":56046,"date":"2025-07-18T14:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=56046"},"modified":"2025-07-18T14:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:00:12","slug":"never-again-second-class-people-german-bishops-defend-life-amid-high-court-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/never-again-second-class-people-german-bishops-defend-life-amid-high-court-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"\u300c\u4e8c\u5ea6\u3068\u4e8c\u7d1a\u5e02\u6c11\u3092\u4f5c\u3089\u306a\u3044\u300d\uff1a\u30c9\u30a4\u30c4\u306e\u53f8\u6559\u305f\u3061\u304c\u6700\u9ad8\u88c1\u306e\u8ad6\u4e89\u306e\u4e2d\u3067\u751f\u547d\u3092\u64c1\u8b77"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Bishops Rudolf Voderholzer and Stefan Oster \/ Credit: Diocese of Regensburg \/ Diocese of Passau CNA Newsroom, Jul 10, 2025 \/ 09:30 am (CNA). Amid a heated debate over appointments to Germany\u2019s constitutional court, two Bavarian bishops have issued an urgent call to uphold human life and dignity, warning \u201cthere must never again be second-class people\u201d in Germany as the country faces a contentious parliamentary vote. Bishop Stefan Oster of Passau and Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer of Regensburg declared that anyone\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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Bishop Stefan Oster of Passau and Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer of Regensburg declared that anyone\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":57450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-56046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":102683,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/vatican-still-hasnt-approved-germanys-new-synodal-body-bishop-says\/","url_meta":{"origin":56046,"position":0},"title":"Vatican still hasn\u2019t approved Germany\u2019s new synodal body, bishop says","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"8\u6708 30, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The president of the German Bishops&#x27; Conference has announced the bylaws for the German Synodal Conference are still under review in Rome.The Synodal Conference is intended to serve as a permanent body implementing the controversial German Synodal Way. The Vatican continues to review the bylaws of this new national-level body, which is to consist of bishops and non-bishops.\u201cThe statutes are currently being reviewed in Rome,\u201d Bishop Heiner Wilmer of M\u00fcnster said in an interview Sunday with the Kirche+Leben website. \u201cI\u2026","rel":"","context":"Christian News","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":68597,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/bavarian-city-backs-down-on-buffer-zone-banning-prayer-at-abortion-clinic\/","url_meta":{"origin":56046,"position":1},"title":"Bavarian city backs down on \u2018buffer zone\u2019 banning prayer at abortion clinic","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"2\u6708 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Pro-life advocates participate in a prayer procession in Regensburg, Germany. \/ Credit: ADF International Regensburg, Germany, Nov 7, 2025 \/ 10:00 am (CNA). The Bavarian city of Regensburg has withdrawn restrictions banning prayer vigils near an abortion clinic following court rulings that found the buffer zone violated constitutional freedoms, according to a report by CNA Deutsch, CNA\u2019s German-language news partner.The Bavarian city lifted its 100-meter (328-foot) exclusion zone around abortion facilities on Oct. 24 after suffering setbacks before both the\u2026","rel":"","context":"Christian News","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CNA_LOGOredblk-9.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CNA_LOGOredblk-9.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CNA_LOGOredblk-9.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CNA_LOGOredblk-9.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CNA_LOGOredblk-9.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":38812,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/crimes-against-churches-and-christians-in-germany-on-the-rise\/","url_meta":{"origin":56046,"position":2},"title":"Crimes against churches and Christians in Germany on the rise","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"5\u6708 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Cologne Cathedral in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. \/ Credit: Rudolf Gehrig\/CNA Deutsch Washington, D.C. 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The bishop of the Diocese of Bagamoyo in Tanzania has denounced the extrajudicial killings connected to the country\u2019s disputed Oct. 29 general elections, stressing that those suspected of breaking the law should be allowed to go through legal processes instead of\u2026","rel":"","context":"Christian News","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CNA_LOGOredblk-9.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CNA_LOGOredblk-9.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CNA_LOGOredblk-9.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CNA_LOGOredblk-9.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CNA_LOGOredblk-9.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":68583,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/apostolic-nuncio-to-germany-cardinal-von-galen-should-be-canonized\/","url_meta":{"origin":56046,"position":5},"title":"Apostolic nuncio to Germany: Cardinal von Galen should be canonized","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"11\u6708 20, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Blessed Clemens August von Galen. \/ Credit: Photo courtesy of the Diocese of M\u00fcnster\/Domkapitular Gustav Albers (CC BY 2.5) Washington, D.C. 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