Curial concerns – listen to the laity

These particular proposals in the new unsigned document from the Vatican have arisen from the German Church’s “synodal pathway”.

Cardinals and bishops at a previous Synod of Bishops – here attending the closing Mass of the Synod of Bishops on young people in 2018.
CNS photo/Claudio Peri, pool via Reuters

There is clearly a fear among some in the Vatican curia that the German Catholic Church is embarked upon a course that could lead to schism.

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