the german bishops, led by bishop carl lehman argued long and hard over the best way forward. in 1998 roman made the decision. the catholic church had to drop out of the state advisory service. the german bishops obeyed and then had to explain themselves to this lock in germany. once again, many german catholics were disappointed by their own bishops. and joseph writing or the pope is convinced that there are truths that contain humanities, true happiness, and that no one benefits if this is obscured when, as i don't thought. and when it came to questions about issues such as homosexuality, divorce, and birth control. if he insisted that the limit of compassion that the limit of is truth. so for watching her, the limit of compassion is truth. but what did this mean for the status of women in the catholic church? for their demands to be treated equally? with yoseph writing her stuck to his predecessors at strict rejection of women priests telling the female half of his church that their true calling in life was to serve and be humble. the catholic women's movement was not impre