German bishops’ leader: Lay homilies still on the agenda

Bishop Georg Bätzing said that a Vatican intervention in March was not the end of the discussion.

The chairman of Germany’s bishops’ conference insisted Monday that the Vatican’s objection to a “synodal way” resolution calling for lay preaching at Masses is not the final word on the matter.

Bishop Georg Bätzing speaks at the synodal way’s closing service at Frankfurt Cathedral, Germany, March 11, 2023. © Synodaler Weg/Maximilian von Lachner.

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