 He ended the rule of celibacy for priests, excommunication, oral confessions, indulgences and other practices of the Catholic Church, and he married Bertha Meyer, sister of his friend Carl Schurz's wife, Margarethe.Ronge had also garnered support from Robert Blum, a newspaper publisher in Saxony, who published writings of the new movement.Ronge's touring ministry brought about 100 new congregations to his movement.