Backdoor Diplomacy: Francis Does (NOT) Disapprove of German Synod
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Francis himself has proclaimed a worldwide synod, Kohlgraf noted: "In doing so, he is also taking the risk that issues will come up in the universal Church that he cannot yet calculate."
The background of this is a contradiction between Poznan Archbishop Gądecki and Limburg Bishop Bätzing. The latter said after a June 2021 audience Francis had encouraged the German synod. Gądecki, on the other hand, stated after a March audience that Francis had distanced himself from it. Conclusion: Francis is telling everybody whatever they want to hear.
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