The EWTN News/CNA Deutsch portal reports that Bishop Heiner Wilmer of Hildesheim was elected chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference on February 24, 2026. Wilmer, a noted supporter of the controversial German Synodal Way, struck a spiritual tone in his inaugural remarks, stating his main task is “placing God at the center” and expressing hope for Vatican approval of a permanent synodal conference granting laypeople equal voting rights with bishops. This election, occurring amid Vatican warnings about schism, solidifies the German hierarchy’s commitment to a path of doctrinal revolution and ecclesial suicide. The article reveals a profound and willful rejection of the immutable Catholic faith in favor of a naturalistic, human-centered “reform” that is, in reality, the final stage of the Modernist infection condemned by St. Pius X.