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The Vatican and the German bishops have announced they will work together to resolve the controversial German Synodal Way. 

Friday’s statement did not mention the German Synodal Council by name, and it is unclear whether this controversial project has now been scuppered, suspended,...

The presence of the German bishops at this month’s Synod assembly at the Vatican is the topic of much discussion

US Cardinal Raymond Burke has recently recommended a book that echoed his concerns about the direction the Catholic Church is heading into, which denounced the upcoming synod on synodality in the Vatican by calling it a threat to the church’s integral character.

US Cardinal Raymond Burke has recently recommended a book that echoed his concerns about the direction the Catholic Church is heading into, which denounced the upcoming synod on synodality in the Vatican by calling it a threat to the church’s integral character.

Same-sex blessings and other reforms won't start immediately in German parishes. But the decisions of the country's Catholic bishops will have consequences far beyond Germany.

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, archbishop of Luxembourg (left) and Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Newsroom, Feb 14, 2023 / 07:40 am (CNA). A key organizer of the Synod on Synodality says...

Cardinal Reinhard Marx and fellow bishops from Germany meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican, Nov. 17, 2022 / Vatican MediaCNA Newsroom, Jan 25, 2023 / 15:41 pm (CNA).In an interview published Wednesday, Pope Francis decried the German Synodal Way as elitist, unhelpful, and running the risk of bringing ideological harm to Church processes."The German experience does not help," the pontiff told Associated Press when asked about the controversial process, explaining that dialogue shou...

Thomas Sternberg speaking at a press conference for the German "Synodal Way" on Sept. 30, 2021, in Frankfurt. / Synodaler Weg/Maximilian von LachnerCNA Newsroom, Dec 2, 2022 / 07:10 am (CNA).The German Synodal Way was designed from the outset to avoid legal sanctions while simultaneously creating "pressure" on the Church to change Catholic teaching, one of the founders of the process told German media Friday.Thomas Sternberg, former president of the Central Committee of Germa...

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...