The document published on Wednesday morning by the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK) as a contribution to the next session of the World Synod in October ultimately underlines the demands of the German Synodal Path: The aim is to represent “the positions developed on the Synodal Path” and to bring them “into the discourse of the world church”.
The well-known topics such as “review of the celibacy obligation of priests” and “admission of laypeople to the preaching service” or “further development of church sexuality teaching” and “integration of LGBTQ+ people into the church” are mentioned.