US EditionCardinal Woelki Says He Is Finished with German Synodal Way, Will Skip Sixth Assembly
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Catholic ReviewCardinal Woelki says he is finished with German Synodal Way, will skip sixth assembly
(OSV News) -- Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne bid his farewell to the German Synodal Way and said he won't participate in the upcoming sixth assembly, starting Jan. 29. "For me, the Synodal Way is over," he said in an interview with the German Church's Domradio. Originally, five sessions had been agreed upon, "and
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catholicworldreport.comGerman Cardinal: ‘For Me the Synodal Way Is Over’
Marko Orlovic Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, archbishop of Cologne in Germany. | Credit: Marko Orlovic/German Bishops’ Conference (DBK) Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne has declared the controversial German Synodal Way process finished in his eyes, expressing skepticism about plans to establish a permanent synodal conference.
The news Four German bishops already amortized their synodal path and will not go to the next assembly was first published in Last Minute Religious News
Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, Metropolitan of Cologne, criticized the "synodal path" reform project and justified his absence from the upcoming sixth assembly, which begins Thursday in Stuttgart. "For me, the synodal path has come to an end," he said in an interview with the German Catholic portal domradio.de. Cardinal Woelki warned that a theological clarification of the project, which has been ongoing since 2019, is urgently needed. "I am trul…
The Synodal Way was completed for him, the archbishop of Cologne said. All those involved wanted the good, only one could "not discuss everything openly.
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