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German ‘synodal way’

Synodal way meeting ends with clash over monitoring dioceses

The proposal would have the synodal conference monitor how the decisions of the synodal way are implemented in dioceses.

Luke Coppen
Feb 02, 2026
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The “first phase” of the German synodal way ended Saturday with a heated debate over whether a new permanent national synodal body should regularly monitor the implementation of synodal way resolutions in dioceses.

A session of the German synodal way’s sixth plenary assembly on Jan. 29, 2026, in Stuttgart. Credit: Synodaler Weg / Marko Orlovic.

The debat…

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