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German Synodal Way

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Four women opt out of German Synodal Way, saying it ‘departs from the universal Church’

February 22, 2023 Catholic News Agency 9

From left: Katharina Westerhorstmann, Dorothea Schmidt, Marianne Schlosser, and Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz. / Credit: Screenshot/YouTube /K-TV // courtesy photo // EWTN // Diocese of Münster

CNA Newsroom, Feb 22, 2023 / 08:30 am (CNA).
Ahead … […]

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Archbishop Chaput: Only worthy agenda for synod is one given to us by Jesus in the Gospels

February 10, 2023 Catholic News Agency 8

Archbishop Emeritus Charles Chaput of Philadelphia. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ACI Prensa

Denver, Colo., Feb 10, 2023 / 09:00 am (CNA).
ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner, recently interviewed Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, archbishop … […]

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Germany’s Synodal Way leader says exclusion of women from ordination drives women from Church

February 8, 2023 Catholic News Agency 34

Irme Stetter-Karp, president of the Central Committee of German Catholics. / zdk.de.

Prague, Czech Republic, Feb 8, 2023 / 11:10 am (CNA).
A leader of the controversial German Synodal Way said in a speech at Europe’s synod meeting Wednesday tha… […]

Analysis

Sanity, synodality, and Germany

January 29, 2023 Christopher R. Altieri 12

A headshrinker could have a field day with the interview Pope Francis gave to the Associated Press last week. There was plenty of grist for the mill, and news nonetheless buried between the argle and […]

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Pope Francis decries German Synodal Way as ‘neither helpful nor serious’

January 25, 2023 Catholic News Agency 7

Cardinal Reinhard Marx and fellow bishops from Germany meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican, Nov. 17, 2022 / Vatican Media

CNA Newsroom, Jan 25, 2023 / 15:41 pm (CNA).
In an interview published Wednesday, Pope Francis decried the German Syn… […]

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German bishop dismisses Vatican concerns over a permanent synodal council

January 23, 2023 Catholic News Agency 4

Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops’ conference in St. Peter’s Square, June 27, 2020. / Deutsche Bischofskonferenz/Matthias Kopp.

CNA Newsroom, Jan 23, 2023 / 15:45 pm (CNA).
On Monday, the president of the German Bishops’ Con… […]

The Dispatch

German Synodal Way designed to create ‘pressure’ on the Church, founding president says

December 2, 2022 Catholic News Agency 17

Thomas Sternberg speaking at a press conference for the German "Synodal Way" on Sept. 30, 2021, in Frankfurt. / Synodaler Weg/Maximilian von Lachner

CNA Newsroom, Dec 2, 2022 / 07:10 am (CNA).
The German Synodal Way was designed from … […]

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German Synodal Way: The devil will not defeat the Resurrection, Spanish cardinal says

November 30, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

The Risen Christ / Credit: Flick Lawrence OP (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

CNA Newsroom, Nov 30, 2022 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
Spanish Cardinal Antonio María Rouco Varela criticized the controversial Synodal Way of the German Catholic Church, noting that the devi… […]

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As Church allows for LGBT-employees in Germany, Vatican publishes concerns over Synodal Way

November 25, 2022 Catholic News Agency 5

German Bishops at Mass in the Papal Basilica of St. Paul outside the Walls during their visit in Rome, Nov. 17, 2022 / Daniel Ibáñez / CNA

CNA Newsroom, Nov 25, 2022 / 09:30 am (CNA).
The Vatican on Thursday published the full wording of its la… […]

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November 23, 2022 CWR Staff 8

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