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German Bishops Vote to Adopt Statutes for Synodal Assembly
National Catholic Register ^
| September 26, 2019
| Ed Condon
Posted on 09/26/2019 1:31:05 PM PDT by ebb tide
German Bishops Vote to Adopt Statutes for Synodal Assembly
The bishops of Germany have voted to adopt a set of statutes for their long-planned “Synodal Assembly.” The decision was taken in a vote on Sept. 25, the final day of the plenary session of the German bishops’ conference.
The bishops voted to adopt the statutes by a margin of 51-12, with one abstention.
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TOPICS: Apologetics; Catholic; Moral Issues
KEYWORDS: francischurch; francisschism; germans; heretics
In an apparent reference to pressure from some synodal participants to insist on women’s sacramental ordination and other reforms at odds with settled Church teaching, the bishop (Bishop Rudolph Voderholzer of Regensburg) said that “by raising certain expectations and hopes only more frustration is generated.”
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The ZdK have previously made clear that their participation in the synodal process is predicated on the assembly’s ability to pass “binding” resolutions. It is unclear if the statutes as approved retain articles granting the body “deliberative” power.
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09/26/2019 1:31:05 PM PDT
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ebb tide
To: Al Hitan; Coleus; DuncanWaring; ebb tide; Fedora; irishjuggler; Jaded; JoeFromSidney; kalee; ...
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09/26/2019 1:36:57 PM PDT
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ebb tide
(We have a rogue curia in Rome)
To: ebb tide
Hopefully it will be a statue of limitations.
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09/26/2019 2:17:25 PM PDT
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Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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