Organizers of Germany’s “synodal way” are expected to draw up draft statutes for a “national synodal body” in the coming months, after the Vatican rejected an initial blueprint for a permanent decision-making institution composed of bishops and lay people.
Members of the “synodal committee” — a transitional body established by synodal way participants — discussed the new plans for a permanent institution at a Dec. 13-14 plenary assembly in Wiesbaden-Naurod.
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