“We haven’t had a full fledged schism in centuries. Looks like the Germans are itching for one. But if they do go, will the Vatican do what’s right or simply tag along?”
The American Church has been in schism for decades; we have lay people giving out the Eucharist while the party of abortion and homosexuality carries the “Catholic” regions of the country reliably.
Good point. But it’s not an open, declared schism.