Francis to Germans: Church Stands Before „Fundamental Transformation Process“
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The letter states that the Church is in a “turn of an era” and stands before a “fundamental transformation process”. He encourages to find a “frank response to the current situation” [i.e. to follow failed Protestant recipes].
At the same time, Francis worries about a “fragmentation” of the Church.
As a whole, the letter's wishy-washy style lends itself to almost any interpretation.
The conservative Regensburg vicar general, Father Michael Fuchs, read it as a critique of the German Synodal Way, while the modernist Munich Cardinal Marx sees it as an encouragement for it.
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