Vatican and ZdK hold first talks since 'synodal way'

Vatican officials and leaders of the lay Central Committee of German Catholics held their first face-to-face talks this week

Vatican officials and leaders of the lay Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK) held their first face-to-face talks this week since the launch of Germany’s controversial synodal way.

ZdK vice president Thomas Söding and president Irme Stetter-Karp at a synodal way press conference in Frankfurt, Germany, on Sept. 8, 2022. © Synodaler Weg/Maximilian v…