Either Archbishop Zollitsch is saying that the diaconate is not part of the sacrament of orders or he is Maintaining the heresy that women could be validly ordained.
The Local: Germany’s News in English: Archbishop of Freiburg Robert Zollitsch, who chairs the German Bishops’ Conference, called for the change at the end of a four-day meeting to discuss possible reforms.
The conference, the first of its kind, invited 300 Roman Catholic experts to propose reforms. Zollitsch’s comments echo year-long calls from the Central Committee of German Catholics to permit women to become deacons. On Sunday, Zollitsch said that aim was no longer a ‘taboo.’ Read more here.
