‘This Synodal Conference will have decision-making power and be able to introduce changes to doctrine by majority vote,’ reported Italian journalist Nico Spuntoni.
As Pope Leo XIV meets with his Apostolic Nuncio for Germany, Monsignor Nikola Eterovic, on Saturday, the very real possibility of schism with the Catholic Church in Germany looms.
“It’s alleged the German Church wants to put the German laity on the same level as the bishops and also let them control the cash,” according to a report in the Italian language publication Il Giornale by Nico Spuntoni.
Spuntoni explains:
This is a project, already approved by the powerful Central Committee of German Catholics, that will create a permanent body in which laypeople will be on an equal footing with bishops. This Synodal Conference will have decision-making power and be able to introduce changes to doctrine by majority vote, forcing those who disagree to provide a public justification. In addition, the Conference will take control of the financial resources of the extremely wealthy German Church.
The Holy See’s concern over what many interpret as a trajectory toward schism extends far beyond Germany’s national boundaries.
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