The German Church challenges the Pope again with a reformist proposal and the risk of a schism grows. They want to create a Council made up of bishops and lay people to debate the most divisive issues.
Now lay people cannot participate in these decisions. Pope Francis had already expressed in a letter addressed to four German theologians, his concern about the constitution of the Synodal Committee destined to prepare the introduction of a Directive and decision-making Council. The discussed synodal path has the entire Church in suspense.