Good news from Germany
Cardinal Reinhard Marx. | Credit: Rudolf Gehrig/CNA Deutsch
By AC Wimmer
CNA Newsroom, May 21, 2024 / 12:56 pm
Priests in Germany are not supportive of the controversial German Synodal Way, according to a new study commissioned by the German Bishops’ Conference.
The study, officially titled “Who Becomes a Priest?”, found that priests are “alienated from the concerns of Church reform,” lead author Matthias Sellmann said on May 17.
“Priests are also clearly not supporters of the German Synodal Way,” Sellmann emphasized.
According to a statement by the bishops’ conference, the study aimed to investigate “the socio-religious background and motivations of newly ordained priests in order to make strategic personnel decisions based on the results.”
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