US, German cardinals demand trial, removal from office for German bishops approving gay marriage blessings
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German cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Muller attends a consistory in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on February 22, 2014. The split in the Church is there and it is strong. A group
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