‘We Are Church’ Germany pleads for ‘synodal path’ reforms to continue despite COVID-19, “extremely irritating” Vatican parish instruction 2020-08-12
Severe lack of lay theologians, public perception of division give German Church more reasons to push on with ‘synodal path’ reforms 2020-08-07
German bishop comes out swinging against Vatican parish instruction, doubles-down on ‘synodal path’ as “answer to Roman challenge” 2020-07-22
German lay committee head insists “positive attitude”, “good mood” still reigning in ‘synodal path’ reform process 2020-07-07
German bishop warns ‘synodal path’ reform process must succeed or else Church “will become a sect” 2020-06-11
French Catholic women push bishops for German-style ‘synodal path’ “to envision the Church of tomorrow” 2020-06-11
German Bishops’ president insists ‘synodal path’ reform process “alive and kicking” despite cardinal’s objections 2020-06-10
German Church figures criticise bishop for pulling out of ‘synodal path’, accuse him of “simplification” of doctrine 2020-06-04
German bishop “shakes head” at “terrifyingly excessive” criticism of ‘synodal path’ as working groups meet for first time 2020-02-27
Full steam ahead for German “synodal path” reforms despite Pope’s ‘no’ for moment to worldwide change 2020-02-20
Despite Amazon exhortation letdown, German bishops, laity pledge to fight on in synodal path for married priests, female deacons 2020-02-14
German archbishop: ‘synodal path’ participants not “revolutionaries”, only seeking better “Church of the future” 2020-02-10
“Grateful to speak for the people”: non-binary German “synodal path” participant speaking truth to power 2020-02-07
“So far away from reality”: German Catholics blast Cardinal Müller for “synodal path”-Nazi comparison 2020-02-06
Austrian theologian takes heart from German “synodal path”, suggests similar Church reform process for own country 2020-02-05
‘No’ to clericalism, ‘yes’ to co-responsibility: the keys to the first assembly on the German synodal path 2020-02-03
(Small) Win for women on German ‘synodal path’: assembly votes to make resolutions dependent on female majority 2020-01-31
German lay head blasts “right-wing conservative” critics of “synodal path”, suggests Church reform processes every five years 2020-01-24
German bishop says ‘synodal path’ reform process “only chance” for Church, adds women deacons “possible” 2020-01-08
German Catholic women draw “red lines” for ‘synodal path’: full equality in Church leadership and call to Rome for ordination 2019-12-12
German Church ‘synodal path’ struggles to live up to deep reform hopes of laypeople, women 2019-12-06
Pope’s ‘kitchen cabinet’ takes cues on reform, lay leadership from German Church’s ‘synodal path’ 2019-12-04
Hopeful Germans begin ‘synodal path’: “We have to do something. People are leaving the Church” 2019-12-02
German Jesuit dismisses ‘synodal path’ schism talk as “politically motivated exaggeration” 2019-11-30
