Posts Tagged ‘Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK)’

Call for end to Church’s ‘lonely decisions’

Thursday, October 17th, 2024

The Catholic Church must move towards collective decision-making, and “the time of lonely decisions in the Catholic Church is over” according to Synod advisor Thomas Söding. In an interview with Vatican News on Saturday, Söding stressed the importance of unity. “For us, deliberation and decision-making belong together. For us, commonality in decision-making is also part Read more

Vatican and ZdK hold first talks since ‘synodal way’

Monday, September 9th, 2024

ZdK (Central Committee of German Catholics) president Irme Stetter-Karp described the Sept 2-4 discussions with members of the Roman Curia as “fruitful.” “There was a remarkable willingness to listen and also question our own view of our counterpart,” she told the German Catholic news agency KNA Sept 5. “I found it fruitful, even where it Read more

Vatican rejects German plans for laity to preach or baptise

Monday, April 3rd, 2023
Vatican rejects German plans

The Vatican’s liturgy czar has intervened to stop the German Synodal Way’s resolution calling for laypeople to baptise and preach homilies during Mass in Germany. In a letter to the German Bishops’ Conference president dated March 29, Cardinal Arthur Roche (pictured) said neither was possible — despite at least one German diocese already announcing both Read more

Germany’s ‘synodal way’ seeking permanent ‘synodal council’ vote

Monday, August 29th, 2022
Germany's synodal way

Participants in Germany’s “synodal way” will vote next month on a controversial proposal. If passed, the proposal would create a powerful permanent “synodal council” to oversee the local Church. Fourteen papers will be put to a vote at the synodal way’s fourth plenary assembly next week. One, “Sustainable strengthening of Synodality: A Synodal Council for Read more

Synodal Path delegates debate sexuality and the place of women

Thursday, September 10th, 2020

German Catholic delegates for the Synodal Path have held their latest plenary assembly in five locations across the country. Rather than meet as a single group in Frankfurt, the 230 delegates met in smaller groups due to the coronavirus pandemic. About 40 people took part in the discussions in Berlin. The Synodal Path (or journey) Read more

Plan for halting mass exodus from church underway

Thursday, December 5th, 2019

German bishops are looking for ways to halt the massive exodus from the Church in Germany caused by the clerical abuse crisis. The bishops’ conference launched a two-year “synodal procedure” for church reform last weekend, on the first Sunday of Advent. Working together with the lay Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK), special synodal candles Read more