German election of bishops - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 20 Apr 2023 00:55:37 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg German election of bishops - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Another decisive Vatican 'no' for German reformers https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/04/20/another-decisive-vatican-no-for-german-reformers/ Thu, 20 Apr 2023 05:55:07 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=157846 The Vatican has underlined that lay Catholics may not participate in the election of a bishop and has thus turned down another of the German synodal path initiative's reform proposals. Last September, the German archdiocese of Paderborn took up the synodal path initiative's reform proposal titled "Involvement of the faithful in the appointment of the Read more

Another decisive Vatican ‘no' for German reformers... Read more]]> The Vatican has underlined that lay Catholics may not participate in the election of a bishop and has thus turned down another of the German synodal path initiative's reform proposals.

Last September, the German archdiocese of Paderborn took up the synodal path initiative's reform proposal titled "Involvement of the faithful in the appointment of the diocesan bishop."

By drawing lots, it chose 14 lay Catholics who would join the 14 members of the cathedral chapter in selecting a list of candidates that the chapter submits to the Pope.

The way bishops are appointed in German dioceses differs according to the rules laid down in the concordats between different German states and the Holy See.

In Paderborn, the 14 members of the cathedral chapter draw up a list of possible candidates and submit it to the Vatican. The Vatican then chooses three names from the list and sends them back to Paderborn. The chapter then selects one of the three candidates as archbishop.

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