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Church in Germany
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German plans for new synodal body advance after papal election

The new body would ‘make fundamental decisions on pastoral planning.’

Luke Coppen
May 13, 2025
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Members of the German synodal committee will decide in November whether to approve statutes establishing a new national synodal body, in a step that could reignite tensions between the Vatican and the Catholic Church in Germany.

The fourth plenary meeting of Germany’s synodal committee, held May 9-10 in Magdeburg. © Deutsche Bischofskonferenz/Ewelina Sow…

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