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German ‘synodal way’

Is Germany’s synodal council entering ‘development hell’?

How to read the Vatican communiqué on the synodal way's key project

Luke Coppen
Jul 01, 2024
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Last Friday evening, the Holy See press office released a statement in finely crafted Vaticanese — a language with roughly the same number of fluent speakers as Klingon.

Participants in the June 28 Rome talks (from left to right): Bishop Stefan Ackermann, Matthias Kopp, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernandéz, Bishop Georg Bätzing, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Card…

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