German bishops will light ‘Synodal Candle’ to launch controversial process

Catholic News Agency ^ | November 25, 2019 | CNA

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German bishops will light ‘Synodal Candle’ to launch controversial process  

Bonn, Germany, Nov 25, 2019 / 12:55 pm (CNA).- The German bishops' conference announced Monday that a ceremonial "Synodal Candle" will be lit on the first Sunday of Advent to officially launch the nation’s "synodal process," which is scheduled to run over two years and pass resolutions about Church life in Germany.

The launch ceremony will be hosted by Cardinal Reinhard Marx, who will light a candle together with lay leader Karin Kortmann in Munich's famous Frauenkirche, or "Cathedral of Our Dear Lady."

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In addition to concerns about a lack of focus on spreading the Gospel, the actual agenda of the process – which exclusively targets the topics of sexual morality, power and ecclesial offices – and public demands of the ZdK for the blessing of homosexual couples and the ordination of women, have come in for sharp criticism from noted theologians.

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Ping

[married21]

At least they’re not planting a tree...

[Ouchthatonehurt]

“At least they’re not planting a tree...”
Pachamama will insist on it at some point ;-(

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Setting fire to the Church symbolically.