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Pope Francis leads a meeting with representatives of bishops' conferences from around the world at the Vatican Oct. 9, 2021. Also pictured is Maltese Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Synod official expresses confidence in Germany's Synodal Path

Catholic News Service|Aug 30, 2022|3 Min Read

Leaders of the second Synodal Assembly are pictured during its opening session in Frankfurt, Germany, in this Sept. 30, 2021, file photo. Participants will face a packed agenda and heated debate at the upcoming fourth plenary assembly of the Synodal Path reform project on the future of the Catholic Church in Germany. (CNS photo/Julia Steinbrecht, KNA)

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Packed program, heated debate await Synodal Path plenary participants

Catholic News Service|Aug 24, 2022|3 Min Read

People are silhouetted against the Cologne Cathedral in Germany in 2016. (CNS/Wolfgang Rattay, Reuters via Crux)

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German Catholics want expanded lay roles, greater tolerance for dissent

Elise Ann Allen|Aug 11, 2022|7 Min Read

Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, president of the German bishops’ conference, is pictured at the annual St. Michael’s reception in Berlin Sept. 27, 2021. (CNS photo/Fabian Sommer, KNA pool via Crux)

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German Catholic leaders ‘astonished’ at Vatican warning about ‘Synodal Path’

Elise Ann Allen|Jul 22, 2022|4 Min Read

(Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk via CNA)

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Vatican warning: Germany's ‘Synodal Way’ poses ‘threat to the unity of the Church’

Anian Christoph Wimmer|Jul 21, 2022|3 Min Read

A man leaves an empty church in Bonn Germany, June 12, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of people resigning from membership in the Catholic Church has hit a new record in Germany in 2022. (CNS photo/Harald Oppitz, Reuters)

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German leaders see crisis as Catholics resign from the church

Catholic News Service|Jun 29, 2022|5 Min Read

Irme Stetter-Karp, president of the Central Committee of German Catholics and co-chair of the Synodal Path, listens as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks in Stuttgart May 27, 2022, during the 102nd Katholikentag, a regular festival and meeting place for German-speaking Catholic laity. The meeting focused on the ongoing church reform processes and coming to terms with sexual abuse in the German Catholic Church. (CNS photo/Julia Steinbrecht, KNA)

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German Catholics discuss church reforms, war at 102nd Katholikentag

Anli Serfontein|May 31, 2022|4 Min Read

The third Synodal Assembly in Frankfurt Feb. 4, 2021. (CNS photo/Julia Steinbrecht, KNA)

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Bishops sign letter warning that Germany's 'Synodal Path' could lead to schism

Catholic News Agency|Apr 12, 2022|10 Min Read

Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops' conference, celebrates Mass during the third Synodal Assembly in Frankfurt Feb. 4, 2021. (CNS photo/Julia Steinbrecht, KNA)

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Despite criticisms, bishop believes German Catholics share path with pope

Barb Fraze|Apr 4, 2022|5 Min Read

German Bishop Stephan Ackermann of Trier speaks during the third Synodal Assembly in Frankfurt Feb. 4, 2021. (CNS photo/Julia Steinbrecht, KNA)

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What happens next with texts approved by Germany's Synodal Assembly?

Catholic News Service|Feb 14, 2022|4 Min Read

Bendictine Sister Philippa Rath and theologian Agnes Wuckelt, deputy federal president of the Catholic Women's Association of Germany, talk during a break at the third Synodal Assembly in Frankfurt Feb. 4, 2021. (CNS photo/Julia Steinbrecht, KNA)

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Germany's Synodal Assembly calls for change on deacons, bishops' selection

Catholic News Service|Feb 7, 2022|5 Min Read

Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops' conference, is projected on a screen as participants attend the third Synodal Assembly in Frankfurt Feb. 3, 2021. (CNS photo/Julia Steinbrecht, KNA)

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German Synodal Assembly opens with calls for change, but some object

Anli Serfontein|Feb 3, 2022|4 Min Read

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