Bishop Wilmer, Pope Leo discuss evangelization, Church in Germany
March 31, 2026
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CWN Editor's Note: Pope Leo XIV received Bishop Heinrich Wilmer, S.C.J., the new chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference and new bishop of Münster, on March 30.
“The central topic of the conversation was the proclamation of the Gospel—and, in this context, the situation of the Church in Germany,” the bishops’ conference said in a statement. “Bishop Wilmer expressed his gratitude to the Holy Father for the trust placed in him regarding his appointment as Bishop of Münster,” Germany’s most populous diocese.
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