How the synodal way split Germany’s bishops

Four German bishops have refused to fund a committee to implement the resolutions of the country’s controversial “synodal way.”

Four of Germany’s 27 diocesan bishops have refused to fund a committee created to implement the resolutions of the country’s controversial “synodal way.”

The synodal way’s logo at the final assembly in Frankfurt, Germany, on March 9, 2023.  © Synodaler Weg/Maximilian von Lachner.  

Cologne’s Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, Regens­burg’s Bishop Rudolf Voder­…