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Leading German Catholic Bishop Cautions Priests Against Intercommunion

Bishop Georg Bätzing at the German bishops’ spring meeting in February 2021.

Sascha Steinbach
Bishop Georg Bätzing at the German Bishops’ Spring Meeting in February 2021.

In the four-page letter, the president of the German bishops’ conference told priests that there could be “no general, inter-denominational reception of the Eucharist” or “new forms of Eucharistic celebration.”