Germany’s synodal way: How delegates voted and what’s next

Synodal way participants adopted a series of controversial resolutions at their final plenary meeting.

Mar 13, 2023

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Germany’s synodal way: How delegates voted and what’s next

The final plenary meeting of Germany’s “synodal way” ended Saturday after the approval of resolutions supporting women deacons, a re-examination of priestly celibacy, lay preaching at Masses, same-sex blessings, and “gender diversity.”

Participants in the March 9-11 meeting in Frankfurt — known as the fifth synodal assembly — discussed a total of 10 texts

Germany’s synodal way: How delegates voted and what’s next

Synodal way participants adopted a series of controversial resolutions at their final plenary meeting.

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