Germany’s synodal committee drops bishops’ vote rule
The synodal way’s successor body is paving the way for a permanent ‘synodal council’ in 2026.
A new body created to implement the resolutions of Germany’s “synodal way” has dropped a rule that decisions need the support of two-thirds of bishops as well as two-thirds of lay people.
Members of Germany’s “synodal committee” voted Nov. 11 in favor of statutes and rules of procedure establishing that resolutions can be passed with a simple two-thirds …