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Pope Francis warns Germany is ‘steering away’ from universal Church

In a letter to German theologians who withdrew from the synodal way, the pope called a proposal for a synodal council 'forbidden' and appealed for 'prayer and penance'

Luke Coppen
Nov 21, 2023
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Pope Francis criticized a committee created to implement the decisions of Germany’s “synodal way” in a letter signed on the day of the body’s inaugural meeting.

Germany’s synodal committee holds its inaugural meeting in Erfurt on Nov. 10-11, 2023. © Synodaler Weg/Ewelina Sowa.

In a Nov. 10 letter to four German Catholics who withdrew from the synodal way …

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