German leaders make pitch for ‘synodal way’ at Europe’s synod meeting

Bishop Georg Bätzing and Irme Stetter-Karp spoke on the first full day of Europe’s synodal continental assembly in Prague.

German Catholic leaders urged participants in Europe’s synodal continental assembly Monday to consider adopting the goals of the country’s controversial “synodal way.”

Bishop Georg Bätzing, chairman of the German bishops’ conference, and Irme Stetter-Karp, president of the lay Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK), told delegates at the meeting in …