Little strokes fell big oaks : German women look at change in the church
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Prelates and other clergymen attend Mass March 6, 2017, during the opening of the annual meeting of Germany s bishops at the cathedral in Cologne. (CNS photo/Sascha Steinbach, EPA)
Believing as I do that synodality holds out much promise for the Church, I have watched with growing dismay–shared with many others–as a German concoction called the “Synodal Path” lurched erratically forward during the last couple of years. Now, with a key document of that strange enterprise in hand, I conclude that this particular “path” is a one-way road to disaster. As in several other churches, synods have existed in the Catholic Church for a long time. Diocesan synods are fairly common today. Since Vatican Council II, a Synod of Bishops has been part of the Vatican structure, with an assembly scheduled late next year on the subject of synodality. And Pope Francis for some time has been talking up the idea of a “synodal Church.”