Photo ~ Archbishop Robert Zollitsch gives approval for abortifacients being used in German Catholic hospitals
The Catholic head of the German Bishops' Conference since 2008, Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, has been given approval to retire by the pope. Zollitsch sometimes draws plaudits for trying to liberalize a shrinking church.
The Vatican announced on Tuesday the retirement of Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, who heads Gemany's second-largest Catholic diocese, at the age of 75. That's the age under church law when a bishop can offer to leave office.
Zollitsch in recent years initiated a five-year-long dialogue on the future of the Catholic church in Germany, where Catholic reformers object to strict rules on celibacy for male priests, the non-equality of women and remarried couples and inner-church employment policy.
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