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The bishops called their position old news, but gay Catholics found the shift in emphasis significant.
According to La Repubblica of Rome, the president of the German Bishops' Conference, Karl Lehmann, reportedly told a German radio station: "The church needs a strong man to lead it.
Catholic Conference of Bishops called for acceptance of homosexuality . The bishops said homosexual orientation "cannot be considered sinful," because it "is experienced as a given."
The South China Morning Post of Hong Kong described the action as a severe blow to efforts to normalize diplomatic relations between China and the Vatican and said that "the timing of the ceremony at a Beijing cathedral appeared to be an open challenge to the Pope, just hours before he was due to ordain 12 new bishops from around the world at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome."
But in an "outspoken" letter to the German Bishops' Conference, the gist of which was leaked Thursday to Frankfurter Allgemeine , the pope ordered the German church to stop participating in the state consultancy system.