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German Synodal Path

Lector Norbert Himmler, director-general of ZDF, Germany's leading public service broadcaster, gives a reading during a 2024 Mass in Ober-Olm. On a June 23, 2026, the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments announced that it had denied a request by the German bishops' conference to allow "in exceptional circumstances, a duly commissioned lay member of the faithful to preach in place of the homily during the celebration of the Eucharist." (OSV News photo/Harald Oppitz, KNA)

World

Vatican denies German bishops' bid to let lay people preach at Mass, citing liturgical norm

Junno Arocho Esteves|Jun 24, 2026|4 Min Read

Germany

World

Four German bishops opt out of contested ‘Synodal Council’

Elise Ann Allen|Apr 26, 2024|5 Min Read

Germany

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Vatican orders German bishops to halt vote on disputed ‘Synodal Committee’

Elise Ann Allen|Feb 19, 2024|5 Min Read

Parolin

New Vatican letter fuels tensions with German bishops in row over reform

OSV News|Nov 24, 2023|3 Min Read

Pope Francis

Pope Francis expresses ‘concerns’ about German Synodal Way

Jonathan Liedl|Nov 21, 2023|4 Min Read

Germany

Vatican officials meet German bishops to continue dialogue on Synodal Path

Justin McLellan|Jul 27, 2023|3 Min Read

Germany

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German Synodal Assembly allows women to preach at Mass, clears the way for church blessing of same-sex couples

OSV News|Mar 10, 2023|6 Min Read

Germany

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Vatican rejects proposed governing council of bishops and laity in Germany

Justin McLellan|Jan 24, 2023|3 Min Read

Curia officials -- Cardinal Luis Ladaria, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith; Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state; and Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops meet Nov. 18, 2022, with the bishops of Germany making their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican. Other heads of Vatican dicasteries also attended the meeting across the street from the Vatican at the Augustinianum Institute for Patristic Studies. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

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Cardinals Ladaria, Ouellet outline concerns about German Synodal Path

Cindy Wooden|Nov 28, 2022|4 Min Read

Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops' conference, addresses Pope Francis Nov. 17, 2022, in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace during the bishops' "ad limina" visits to the Vatican. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Questions about Synodal Path dominate German bishops' 'ad limina'

Cindy Wooden|Nov 19, 2022|5 Min Read

Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, is pictured during an ecumenical service at the Basilica of St. Bartholomew in Rome April 25, 2021. (CNS photo/Paolo Galosi, KNA)

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Swiss cardinal apologizes for Nazi reference in critique of Synodal Path

Catholic News Service|Oct 5, 2022|4 Min Read

Charlotte Kreuter-Kirchhof, a member of the German Synodal Assembly and of the Vatican Council for the Economy, stands with Bernhard Kotsch, German ambassador to the Holy See, after her presentation about the Synodal Path Oct. 4, 2022, at the German Embassy to the Holy See in Rome. (CNS photo/Cindy Wooden)

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Germany's Synodal Path continues to draw attention in Rome

Cindy Wooden|Oct 5, 2022|4 Min Read

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