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Jean-Claude Hollerich

Why has Cardinal Hollerich changed his tune on the ‘synodal way’?

In the beginning, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich didn’t have a bad word to say about Germany’s synodal way, now he's a noted critic of it. What changed?

Luke Coppen
Apr 27, 2023
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In the beginning, it seemed that Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich didn’t have a bad word to say about Germany’s “synodal way.”

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, pictured in September 2018, before he received the red hat. © Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk

In a September 2020 interview, the Archbishop of Luxembourg expressed “great respect” for the initiative bringin…

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