The derision with which the German synodal path is being attacked by prominent bishops is having the opposite effect to that intended. One of Europe’s leading theologians argues that Catholics have lost patience with the pretensions of autocratic, clericalist and patriarchal leaders.
15 December 2022, The Tablet
Church leadership in crisis amid the twilight of the patriarchs
Questions about the Synodal Path dominated the recent German bishops’ ad limina.
CNS photo/Vatican Media
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