Posts Tagged ‘Irme Stetter-Karp’

Germany’s synodal committee drops two-thirds of bishops vote rule

Thursday, November 16th, 2023
two-thirds of Bishops

The committee responsible for enacting the reforms proposed by the German Church’s “Synodal Path” has removed the requirement that two-thirds of Bishops must vote in favour of a decision for it to pass. Previously for a vote to pass, two-thirds of bishops were required to vote in favour of a decision; now, it requires only Read more

Tensions rise on eve of last German synodal way assembly

Thursday, March 9th, 2023

Tensions are rising in the Catholic Church in Germany ahead of this week’s final assembly of the controversial “synodal way.” Speaking days before the March 9-11 gathering in Frankfurt, the initiative’s co-president Irme Stetter-Karp expressed surprise at the German bishops’ plan to submit changes to documents that may struggle to gain a two-thirds majority of Read more

German bishops ‘astonished’ by Vatican rebuke

Monday, July 25th, 2022
bishops ‘astonished’ by Vatican rebuke

German bishops have hit back against a Vatican warning over the direction of the Synodal Way, saying they were “astonished” by the rebuke. The Vatican said Germany’s synodal path is a threat to church unity at a universal level. The Holy See stressed that the undertaking lacks the authority to compel bishops to make changes Read more