In his interview with Associated Press, Pope Francis touched on many hot-button issues.
One of them was the German synod, which he called 'elitist.' The Pope said it does not involve all of God's people and is therefore not helpful.
Pope Francis also pointed out that the Church's role should not be compared to that of a political party.
POPE FRANCIS
Sometimes I feel great sadness when I see a community that with good will, but mistakenly, thinks to make the Church based on gatherings, as if it were a political party. The majority, the minority...
Recently, the Vatican wrote to the German Church to reject their proposed initiative: to create a legislative body to govern the local Church. Rome reminded them, as they had previously done in July 2022, that they are not able to do so. The reason is that the local Church is governed by the bishop and no body is above him, not even the bishops' conference.
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