The “synodal path”, called the “synodal way”, is a debatable devout committee in Germany. The synod, organized through the German Bishops’ Conference and the Central Committee of German Catholics, aims to talk about and address 4 loose topics: sexual ethics, the design of church governance, the role of women in the Church, and the vocation of the priesthood.
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“To shield the freedom of the People of God and the exercise of the episcopal ministry, it is obligatory to explain that the ‘Synodal Way’ in Germany has no strength to force bishops and faithful to adopt new paths of government and new approaches to doctrine and morality,” the Holy See said. for ecclesial communion and a risk to the unity of the Church”.
Marx, who headed the committee, put forward proposals to replace teachings on homosexuality, marriage, masturbation, priests and others that run counter to the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
A significant replacement in the government of the German Church or its formula of trust may push it into a schism with the Holy See, thus separating itself from the Catholic Church. Such a clash can prove catastrophic for German Catholics and the Catholic Church as a whole – thanks to a long-standing “ecclesiastical tax” government, the Catholic Church in Germany is the richest branch of the institution.
Earlier this year, more than a hundred bishops from around the world sent an open letter to the German bishops urging them to end the synod and the chorus of making illegal changes.
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Pope Francis has struggled to maintain his grip on the Catholic hierarchy and his defense of Church training with his express openness to the evolution of non-dogmatic Catholic traditions.
Individual Catholic churches, called “particular churches,” have their own bishops and leaders. These regional church leaders are infrequently expected to act autonomously and manage their own affairs without direct action through the pope. reformers who threaten to ignore Rome’s central authority over adjustments in training or governance.
The Pope reiterated this balancing act in his message to German Catholics. The envelope of the German synod quotes a passage from Pope Francis’ “Letter to the Pilgrim People of God in Germany,” which says: “The universal Church lives in and from Churches, just as the specific Churches live and flourish in and from the universal Church. If they are separated from the total ecclesial framework, they weaken, rot and die. the Church is alive and effective. “
The bishop of Rome ended the message with an appeal to the “universal” nature of the Church and his desire for global cooperation: the term “Catholic” is the Greek word for “universal. “
Pope Francis wrote: “It is hoped that the proposals of the Way of the Particular Churches in Germany will converge with the synodal path traveled by the universal Church, for mutual enrichment and witness to that unity with which the framework of the Church manifests its constancy in Christ the Lord. “
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Pope Francis’ episcopal philosophy is more confusing than ever, as the leader who used to look like a counterfeit progressive is harder to categorize.
The pontiff recently chose to appoint women to the Dicastery of Bishops for the first time in history, adding two nuns and the director of several Catholic women’s organizations. He stood out for urging mercy and compassion for gay, lesbian and transgender Catholics, saying they were all young from God and deserved respect. However, he refused to approve of any form of same-sex marriage in the church, mentioning the establishment as an unalterable sacrament.
Pope Francis has also refused to participate in American politics, ignoring demands by members of the Catholic Church to explicitly excommunicate President Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who claim to be Catholic despite their pro-abortion policies.
The pope called the president’s prospects “inconsistency” and told him to seek his pastor’s recommendation, but he has hosted Biden and Pelosi at the Vatican on several occasions.
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