Several German bishops have praised the extensive LGBT media campaign involving German priests and church workers, accusing the Catholic Church of advocating “defamatory” teachings on “gender and sexuality.” The teaching of the Church must change on the issue of homosexuality and gender identity and the German Synodal Path is the right way to achieve this: this was the message of the dioceses and Church associations on January 24 for the #Out In Church campaign. In the official statement of the DBK, the Bishop of Aachen, Msgr. Helmut Dieser welcomes the LGBT campaign “on behalf of the German Bishops’ Conference,” on the grounds that this campaign was “a sign that we are working so that this climate of fearlessness can and must develop in our Church.”