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The church hierarchy in Germany and the country’s influential lay Catholic group launched the reforms after a 2018 report found that thousands of abuse crimes were systematically covered up by German church leaders.
<p>The "ad limina" visits of the bishops of Germany were unusual in several respects and were dominated by discussion of the German church's Synodal Path.</p> <p>The pilgrimage to Rome Nov. 14-18 brought 63 German bishops to the Vatican meetings; usually members of such a large bishops' conference would have come to Rome in two or three groups, particularly because Pope Francis likes to spend a couple hours in the library of the Apostolic Palace listening to the bishops, commenting on their concerns and answering their questions.</p>
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.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The German bishops' meeting with officials of the Roman Curia was not a 'showdown,' but it did make clear the Vatican's strong concerns about Germany's Synodal Path, especially regarding its support for official ministries for women and for a change in church teaching about homosexuality, said the president of the bishops' conference. Coming at the end of the bishops' weeklong 'ad limina' visits to Rome, the meeting Nov. 18 with the heads of Vatican offices was 'a serious
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.