Originally published at The Catholic Thing
Organizers of Germany’s “synodal way” are expected to draw up draft statutes for a “national synodal body” in the coming months, after the Vatican rejected an initial blueprint for a permanent decision-making institution composed of bishops and lay people. The Vatican vetoed plans for the “synodal council” in January 2023, because it “would place itself above the authority of the German bishops’ conference and in fact appear to replace it.”
