Bishop Georg Bätzing celebrates Mass at the second synodal assembly in Frankfurt, Germany, on Oct. 1, 2021. / Synodaler Weg/Maximilian von Lachne.Frankfurt, Germany, Oct 4, 2021 / 05:15 am (CNA).The German Catholic Church s "Synodal Way" will be extended to 2023 after its plenary session ended abruptly on Saturday following votes in favor of a text endorsing same-sex blessings and a discussion of whether the priesthood is necessary.Bishop Georg Bätzing, chairman of the German bishops conference, and Thomas Sternberg, president of the lay Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK), announced the extension on Oct. 2, at the end of the second synodal assembly in Frankfurt, southwestern Germany, reported CNA Deutsch, CNA s German-language news partner.The synodal assembly is the supreme decision-making body of the Synodal Way, a multi-year process bringing together bishops and lay people to discuss four main topics: the way power is exercised in the Church; sexual morality; t
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Thomas Sternberg and Bishop Georg Bätzing at the Synodal Way’s second Synodal Assembly in Frankfurt, Germany, Sept. 30, 2021. / Synodaler Weg/Maximilian von Lachner.
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Thomas Sternberg and Bishop Georg Bätzing at the Synodal Way s second Synodal Assembly in Frankfurt, Germany, Sept. 30, 2021. / Synodaler Weg/Maximilian von Lachner.Frankfurt, Germany, Oct 1, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).Participants in the German Catholic Church s "Synodal Way" approved a proposal on Thursday to emphasize the importance of evangelization amid confusion over voting procedures.The call to "emphasize more strongly . the intention of evangelization" was passed by a majority, but organizers initially said that the measure had failed to win approval, reported CNA Deutsch, CNA s German-language news partner.The plenary session of the Synodal Way is taking place in Frankfurt, southwestern Germany, on Sept. 30-Oct. 2. The event is the second meeting of the Synodal Assembly, the supreme decision-making body of the Synodal Way. The assembly consists of the German bishops, 69 members of the powerful lay Central Committee of German Catholics (Zdk), and representative