By Samuel McCarthy, Church Militant - Amid controversy and dissidence, a Vatican official is calling on Germany's bishops to uphold Catholic teaching... On Monday, Germany's papal nuncio, Abp. Nikola Eterović, addressed those present at the plenary meeting of the German Bishops' Conference in Dresden. In no uncertain terms, he reiterated Vatican directives and the teachings of the Holy Catholic Church... Addressing the rampant heterodoxy roiling in Germany at present, the Vatican diplomat lamented, "I think that all too often we have failed in our catechesis."