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What do plummeting Catholic numbers mean for Germany’s synodal way?

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Luke Coppen
Jun 28, 2022
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The synodal way cross at the second synodal assembly in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on Oct. 1, 2021. © Synodaler Weg/Maximilian von Lachner.

The news that a record number of people formally left the Catholic Church in Germany in 2021 will rekindle the debate about the country’s controversial “synodal way.”

The German bishops’ conference announced on June …

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