An increasing number of practicing German Catholics don’t want to fund the local Church’s controversial trajectory in the wake of the Synodal Way; but the onl.
Cardinal Walter Kasper has given his support to an initiative by German lay Catholics to reject the German bishops’ bid to form a permanent “Synodal Council,” in defiance of Rome.
Cardinal Reinhard Marx and fellow bishops from Germany meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican, Nov. 17, 2022 / Vatican MediaCNA Newsroom, Nov 17, 2022 / 07:52 am (CNA).Pope Francis received the German bishops at the Vatican on Thursday.The audience with Pope Francis lasted about two hours, the German Bishops Conference said in a statement published after the encounter, describing the meeting as an "open round of talks" in which "the bishops were able to raise their questions and issues, and the pope answered them individually."The statement briefly mentioned that "aspects of the Synodal Way of the Church in Germany, and the worldwide synodal process also came up in the conversation." As CNA Deutsch, CNA s German-language news partner, reported, the press release also said that the pontiff and the bishops exchanged "reflections on pastoral care in changed times," "the self-understanding of the priestly and episcopal min
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Pope Francis received the German bishops at the Vatican on Thursday.
The audience with Pope Francis lasted about two hours, the German Bishops' Conference said in a statement published after the encounter, describing the meeting as an open round of talks in which the bishops were able to raise their questions and issues, and the pope answered them individually.
Thestatementbriefly mentioned that aspects of the Synodal Way of the Church in Germany, and the worldwide synodal process als