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One of the primary instigators of the German Synodal Path has revealed that the effort was designed to put “pressure” on the Catholic Church, to bring about changes in moral teaching, and it has advanced “much more successfully than I thought.
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 German Catholics (ZdK), said the controversial process wanted to achieve changes to the Church's teaching...
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">The National Catholic Reporter's <a href="https://www.ncronline.org/taxonomy/term/169336">coverage</a> of the recent U.S. bishops' meeting understandably focused on the election of new leadership and how these new episcopal leaders represent a continuation of the "culture war" strategies the conference has pursued for a number of years. <o:p></o:p></p>
ROME (AP) — Top Vatican cardinals tried to put the brakes on the German Catholic Church’s controversial reform process Friday, fearing proposals concerning gays, women and sexual morals will split the church and insisting they would be better debated later.
<p>Top Vatican officials expressed concern that, with the Synodal Path, the German bishops were giving up their role as shepherds and allowing participants to adopt positions in contrast to the faith of the universal church, particularly regarding sexuality and women's ordination.</p>