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ROME – In what was described as a “frank” discussion in Rome Friday between Vatican department heads and German bishops over their contested “Synodal Path” reforms, a proposal to cease and desist the process was made and rejected.
62 German bishops were in Rome this week for their ad limina visit, which bishops’ conferences make every few years in order to meet with the pope and various Vatican departments to provide an update on local church affairs.
Notably, the German bishops this week did not hold separate meetings with the pope and Vatican curial offices, but rather, in an unusual move, a joint meeting was scheduled with all of them together, however, Pope Francis reportedly did not attend, but met the German bishops Thursday.
According to a Vatican statement released Friday night, the meeting between the German bishops and Vatican curial officials had been planned “for some time,” and was an opportunity to “reflect together on the Synodal Path underway in Germany.”
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62 German bishops were in Rome this week for their ad limina visit, which bishops’ conferences make every few years in order to meet with the pope and various Vatican departments to provide an update on local church affairs.
Notably, the German bishops this week did not hold separate meetings with the pope and Vatican curial offices, but rather, in an unusual move, a joint meeting was scheduled with all of them together, however, Pope Francis reportedly did not attend, but met the German bishops Thursday.
According to a Vatican statement released Friday night, the meeting between the German bishops and Vatican curial officials had been planned “for some time,” and was an opportunity to “reflect together on the Synodal Path underway in Germany.”
Continued below.
Vatican urges ‘moratorium’ on German church reform process
In what was described as a “frank” discussion in Rome Friday between Vatican department heads and German bishops over their contested “Synodal Path” reforms, a proposal to cease and desist the process was made and rejected.
