4 German Bishops Opt Out of National Synodal Body

4 German bishops opt out of national synodal body

Four German bishops have confirmed they will not take part in a proposed new national synodal body. Seats are set ahead of the fourth plenary meeting of Germany’s synodal committee, held May 9-10 in Magdeburg. © Deutsche Bischofskonferenz/Ewelina Sowa.Die Tagespost newspaper reported that in a May 19 letter to organizers of the interim synodal committee, the quartet of bishops signaled their intention not to take up their seats on the new synoda…

Four German bishops have confirmed that they will not participate in the proposed new national synodal body. According to Die Tagespost, in a letter dated May 19 to the organizers of the temporary synodal commission, the four bishops signaled their intention not to take up seats in the new synodal body, which is to be established in 2026 and include all 27 diocesan bishops of Germany. The absence of the four The article Four German bishops resig…

They are de iure neither members nor bearers of the synodal committee, the bishops Hanke, Voderholzer, Oster and Woelki write in a letter to the synodal committee.