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Catholic laypeople in Germany demand local synod In the wake of reports on how clergy sex abuse was handled, laypeople in Cologne Archdiocese want more of a say Updated: April 22, 2021 05:33 AM GMT Trending Germany s Cologne Cathedral. Catholic laypeople in the Archdiocese of Cologne have called for a local synod to address the ongoing crisis in Germany s most populous diocese. We must make every effort to reestablish a genuine dialogue between the cardinal, senior members of the diocesan leadership and the grassroots of the church, said Tim-O. Kurzbach, president of the Cologne archdiocesan council of Catholics. However, the German Catholic news agency KNA reported a spokeswoman for the archdiocese said that, under church law, a local synod would not allow the broad participation of the faithful that currently exists in the diocesan Pastoral Way Forward.

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