Wed Feb 25, 2026 - 9:02 am ESTWed Feb 25, 2026 - 9:03 am EST (LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Georg Bätzing has claimed that Church doctrine on sexual morality can be “changed for the sake of the people” without losing the “core of Catholicism.” According to CNA Deutsch, Bätzing also stated at a Monday press conference at the start of the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK) spring plenary assembly in Würzburg: “I stand by the teachings of the Catholic Church. That is my Church.” However, these two statements by the former head of the DBK are contradictory. The bishop said the German Synodal Way is about “genuine participation of the faithful in all actions and decisions in the Church” and “much greater participation of women at all levels,” as well as “the Church’s sexual morality.” Bätzing said he is convinced that the Church’s teaching on sexuality is “largely ineffective in its current form,” because “people, Catholics, simply ignore it and live their lives.” READ: German bishops …