A new German lay group co-founded by Bishop Marian Eleganti seeks to represent Catholic who oppose the heretical German Synodal Way.
The group, called Pro Fide Ecclesiae, was formed last Sunday in Offenbach am Main, Germany. According to kath.net, the new organization seeks to give voice to those who do not feel represented by Germany’s largest lay body, the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK), and who do not feel heard by the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK).
The founding members include Germans from both within and outside the country, Catholics of foreign origin living in Germany, and believers worldwide with close ties to Germany. Despite the palpable sense of marginalization, the founders emphasize that conservative, faithful Catholics by no means constitute a minority in German parishes – they have simply become virtually invisible in media coverage and official dialogue.
The new association now aims to close this representation gap. It is open to both laypeople and clergy, but defines itself under canon law explicitly as a lay movement in the sense of the conciliar decree on the lay apostolate (Apostolicam Actuositatem) of November 18, 1965.
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