The bishops have paused the establishment ofa democratically appointed lay body to help govern the German Catholic Church in line with the national Synodal Way.
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BONN, Germany (OSV News) Four bishops have for the time being put the brakes on plans to continue the reform process of the Catholic Church in Germany.
The German Bishops Conference must now look for alternative funding for the planned synodal committee, which was to put the Synodal Path on a permanent footing, the KNA news agency reported.
The committee was to prepare a Synodal Council in which bishops and laypeople would jointly discuss and decide on matters concerning the Catholic Churc