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The diocese presents an archive of its press releases. The press release of the diocese is "Sensationsmeldung?" ("Sensational News?") dated 30 September 2015 and at the bottom of that is a link to Fürer's statement "Erklärungen von em. Bischof Ivo Fürer" ("Explanations by Bishop emeritus Ivo
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who met annually from 1995 to 2006 in St. Gallen to discuss Church reforms, including the appointment of bishops, collegiality, bishops' conferences, the primacy of the papacy, and sexual morality. They differed among themselves, but shared the view that
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was not the sort of candidate they hoped to see elected at the next conclave. Though some media reports discussed this as a conspiracy, Fürer said in 2015 that it was a circle of friends (
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that fights hunger and poverty and promotes the development of a sustainable way of life. Fürer died on 12 July 2022 at the age of 92, after a years-long fight with
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