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German Synodal Way

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400,000 Germans quit Catholic Church as talks between Vatican, Synodal Way continue

July 1, 2024 Catholic News Agency 17

The Catholic Cathedral of Limburg in Hesse, Germany. / Credit: Mylius via Wikimedia (GFDL 1.2)

CNA Newsroom, Jul 1, 2024 / 09:45 am (CNA).
Just one day after the news that hundreds of thousands of Catholics left the Church in Germany in 2023, t… […]

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German priests do not support Synodal Way, new study finds

May 21, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

Cardinal Reinhard Marx. / Credit: Rudolf Gehrig/CNA Deutsch

CNA Newsroom, May 21, 2024 / 12:56 pm (CNA).
Priests in Germany are not supportive of the controversial German Synodal Way, according to a new study commissioned by the German Bishops’… […]

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Four German bishops resist push to install permanent ‘Synodal Council’

April 26, 2024 Catholic News Agency 17

Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne attends a German Synodal Way assembly on March 9, 2023. / Credit: Synodaler Weg/Maximilian von Lachner

CNA Newsroom, Apr 26, 2024 / 13:57 pm (CNA).
Four German bishops on Wednesday distanced themselves fr… […]

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Cardinal Grech’s controversial comments add to list of concerns on postsynodal study groups

March 29, 2024 Catholic News Agency 45

Cardinal Mario Grech and Pope Francis at the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 28, 2023. / Credit: National Catholic Register / Vatican Media

National Catholic Register, Mar 29, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).
If Cardinal Mario Grech held ne… […]

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Synodal standoff: German bishops and Vatican commit to resolution roadmap

March 23, 2024 Catholic News Agency 4

View of the Vatican from the Tiber / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

CNA Newsroom, Mar 23, 2024 / 05:30 am (CNA).
The Vatican and the German bishops have announced they will work together to resolve the controversial German Synodal Way. In a joi… […]

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German bishops to discuss Synodal Way with Vatican amid controversy

March 21, 2024 Catholic News Agency 8

German bishops in Rome on Nov. 17, 2022. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

CNA Newsroom, Mar 21, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).
A delegation of German bishops is expected in Rome this Friday for talks with the Vatican about the German Synodal Way. While… […]

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BREAKING: German bishops halt move toward establishing a Synodal Council, at Vatican’s request

February 17, 2024 Catholic News Agency 4

The cross of the German “Synodal Way” / Maximilian von Lachner / Synodaler Weg

National Catholic Register, Feb 17, 2024 / 18:35 pm (CNA).
In a significant setback for the Synodal Way project in Germany, the German bishops will not be voting on … […]

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German Catholics ask bishops to reconsider Synodal Way plans

February 15, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

The cross of the German “Synodal Way.” / Credit: Maximilian von Lachner/Synodaler Weg

CNA Newsroom, Feb 15, 2024 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
Ahead of a high-stakes gathering of the German bishops next Monday, a lay group warned the prelates of moving “fu… […]

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Critics challenge German Synodal Way in light of abuse study

January 30, 2024 Catholic News Agency 6

The cross of the German “Synodal Way.” / Credit: Maximilian von Lachner/Synodaler Weg

CNA Newsroom, Jan 30, 2024 / 10:52 am (CNA).
In light of a Protestant abuse study unveiled in Germany, a Catholic lay group has called into doubt the “persist… […]

The Dispatch

Cardinal Fernández: Vatican’s same-sex blessings guidance is ‘clear answer’ to German bishops

January 3, 2024 Catholic News Agency 18

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ACI Prensa

Rome Newsroom, Jan 3, 2024 / 18:20 pm (CNA).
Amid significant confusion about the Vatican’s recent guidance on same-sex blessings, the document’s architect has lashed out at t… […]

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