Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki has said he will not attend the sixth assembly of the German Synodal Way, which begins in Stuttgart this week, stating that for him the process has reached its conclusion.
In an interview with the German outlet Domradio.de, the Archbishop of Cologne said that the Synodal Way had fulfilled the task originally set for it and that the forthcoming meeting, intended to assess how synodal resolutions are being implemented in dioceses, went beyond that mandate. “For me, the Synodal Way has come to an end,” he said, noting that five assemblies had been envisaged and that he had taken part in all of them.
