Germany: Woman Heads Seminary
Speyer Bishop Wiesemann has appointed Tatjana Blumenstein, 53, a teacher of religion, to head his empty seminary. She runs it "together" with Canon Franz Vogelgesang, 61, in a "dual leadership" in which conflicts are inevitable. Vogelgesang is in charge of priests and deacons, Blumenstein of pastoral assistants, who have no place in a seminary. In 2022, Speyer's vicar general defected to the Old Catholics.
Picture: Karl-Heinz Wiesemann © wikipedia CC BY-SA, #newsGtkebutcxh
Picture: Karl-Heinz Wiesemann © wikipedia CC BY-SA, #newsGtkebutcxh