“Our continuing participation could result in me advocating for two different, and even contradictory, positions,” Bishop Deeley wrote.

Pope Francis asked the bishops of Germany to continue working together to find broader consensus on guidelines for allowing a Protestant married to a Catholic to receive the Eucharist.

In at least three Latin American countries, Catholics have become religious minorities. 

People have been asking this question for decades.

Today’s letter reflects a somewhat different style and spirit than Benedict XVI’s “Dominus Iesus.”

A Baptist preacher had never before been invited to speak at a Catholic institution.