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German Catholics gather Feb. 5, 2022, at the ‘Synadoler Weg’ Congress in Frankfurt, Germany.
German Catholics gather Feb. 5, 2022, at the ‘Synadoler Weg’ Congress in Frankfurt, Germany. (photo: Thomas Lohnes / Getty Images)

The German Synod, and Women in the Catholic Church (Feb. 24)

CNA Deutsch editor-in-chief AC Wimmer reports on the Vatican’s intervention in the German bishops’ controversial vote on the Synodal Way. And Solène Tadié, Europe correspondent for the National Catholic Register, looks at the influential role of women in the Catholic Church.

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Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne attends a German Synodal Way assembly on March 9, 2023.

Four German Bishops Resist Push to Install Permanent ‘Synodal Council’

Given the Vatican’s repeated interventions against the German process, the bishops said they would instead look to the Synod of Bishops in Rome. Meanwhile, on Monday, German diocesan bishops approved the statutes for a synodal committee; and there are reports that the synodal committee will meet again in June.

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