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Synodality

Pope Francis and leaders of the Synod of Bishops on the family and top officials from the synod's general council attend an event marking the 50th anniversary of the Synod of Bishops in Paul VI hall at the Vatican in this Oct. 17, 2015, file photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Vatican prepares to launch two-year synodal process on ‘synodality’

Inés San Martín|Sep 7, 2021|5 Min Read

Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer of Regensburg, southern Germany. (Julia Wächter via CNA)

World

German Catholic bishop proposes alternative ‘Synodal Way’ text

Catholic News Agency|Sep 3, 2021|5 Min Read

German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, is pictured in a Jan. 30, 2020, photo. Cardinal Marx, who was president of the German bishops' conference when the bishops and the lay-led Central Committee of German Catholics launched a "Synodal Path," recently offered to resign at the age of 67, saying that bishops must begin to accept responsibility for the institutional failures of the church in handling the clerical sexual abuse crisis. (CNS photo/Harald Oppitz, KNA)

Faith

Authority in a wounded church: Leaders see 'synodality' as way forward

Cindy Wooden|Jul 15, 2021|4 Min Read

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich of Luxembourg, president of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union, is pictured in a Feb. 16, 2020, photo. Pope Francis has chosen Cardinal Hollerich to serve as relator general of the Synod of Bishops on synodality, the Vatican announced July 8. (CNS photo/Stefano Dal Pozzolo, KNA)

Pope Francis names Jesuit cardinal to key synod on synodality position

Catholic News Agency|Jul 8, 2021|3 Min Read

Pope Francis greets Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops' conference, during an audience at the Vatican June 24, 2021. Bishop Bätzing said he assured the pope that German Catholics do not want to split from the church. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

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Bishop: Pope wants German Catholics to discuss issues openly, honestly

Cindy Wooden|Jun 24, 2021|2 Min Read

Italian Cardinal Camillo Ruini stands in the courtyard of Notre Dame Center in Jerusalem April 23, 2004 during his visit to the Holy Land for an Italian-sponsored peace run. Cardinal Ruini is papal vicar of Rome and president of the Italian bishops' conference. (CNS photo by Debbie Hill)

World

Italian cardinal fears schism in Germany after Vatican 'no' to same-sex blessings

Hannah Brockhaus|May 4, 2021|3 Min Read

Bishop Philip Egan of Portsmouth, pictured May 21, 2015. (Mazur/cbcew.org.uk)

World

English Catholic bishop fears Germany’s ‘Synodal Way’ will lead to ‘de facto schism’

Catholic News Agency|Mar 17, 2021|4 Min Read

The May 31, 2018 Corpus Christi procession stops at the central Protestant church in Essen, Germany. During the procession Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck of Essen offered support for allowing a Protestant married to a Catholic to receive Communion as a sign of Christian unity. (CNS photo/Nicole Cronauge, courtesy Diocese of Essen)

Stumbling on the synodal path

Russell Shaw|Mar 2, 2021|3 Min Read

Cardinal Beniamino Stella, prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, pictured Oct. 24, 2019. (Daniel Ibáñez/CNA)

World

Vatican to discuss parish instructions with German bishops, not Synodal Way committee

Courtney Mares|Oct 26, 2020|3 Min Read

Bishop Mario Grech of Gozo, Malta, was appointed by Pope Francis to replace Italian Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri as secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops. Bishop Grech is pictured in a 2019 file photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope names Maltese bishop secretary-general of Synod of Bishops

Carol Glatz|Sep 16, 2020|2 Min Read

Pope Francis blesses a synod observer before a session of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment in 2018 at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Faith

Young people have lessons to teach the church, pope says

Cindy Wooden|Sep 8, 2020|3 Min Read

Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer preaches in Regensburg Cathedral June 11, 2020. (Diocese of Regensburg via CNA)

World

German Catholic bishop criticizes 'Synodal Way' draft text on role of women

Catholic News Agency|Sep 3, 2020|3 Min Read

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