Originally published at The Catholic Thing
Four German bishops, resisting the move of turning the German Synodal Way into a permanent council, have expressed their gratitude for the Synod on Synodality, which concluded October 27 in Rome. The bishops’ statement said: “[We] are willing to embark on the path initiated in the Roman synod with their fellow bishops and with as many other participants from as many Church groups as possible.” But the four bishops concluded that, in their view, “the goals of the German Synodal Way and the global Church process of the Synod [on Synodality] do not go hand in hand in terms of content.”
