Head of German Bishops has an audience with the Pope

Head of German Bishops has an audience with the Pope
Bishop Bätzing visits the Pope: Leo accompanies the German Church "with trust"
Georg Bätzing still knows Pope Leo XIV as Robert Francis Prevost.
It was the first meeting between the chairman of the German Bishops' Conference and the new head of the Church. How the encounter went.
Pope Leo XIV received the chairman of the German Bishops' Conference (DBK), Bishop Georg Bätzing, in a private audience on Thursday. The Vatican announced this without providing further details. It was the first meeting between Bätzing and Leo XIV since his election as Pope on May 8. The deputy chairman of the DBK, Bishop Michael Gerber, participated in the inauguration of the new head of the Church.
Before his election as Pope, Robert Francis Prevost, Leo XIV's real name, headed the Vatican's Office for Bishops. This dicastery is a kind of human resources department for the universal Church. In this role, he met with Bätzing several times – both within the …