Maximilian von Lachner
Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne attends a German Synodal Way assembly on March 9, 2023.
Given the Vatican’s repeated interventions against the German process, the bishops said they would instead look to the Synod of Bishops in Rome. Meanwhile, on Monday, German diocesan bishops approved the statutes for a synodal committee; and there are reports that the synodal committee will meet again in June.