'I am truly disturbed at this ploy to turn against our Catholic faith, Holy Mother Church, and ultimately Christ Himself,' writes Father Tyler Johnson.
Proponents of the German 'Synodal Way' are 'propagandists of a secularized church that has distanced itself from Christ, who want to cast out the violations of the natural and revealed anthropology and sexual morality by destroying it,' writes Cardinal Müller.
Germany's Bishops Conference looks set to continue the controversial, and heterodox Synodal Way, following its much anticipated series of meetings with the Pope and Vatican officials last week.
Swiss Cardinal Kurt Koch received threatening messages after criticizing the highly controversial Synodal Way undertaken by the German Catholic bishops.
Bishop Bätzing responded to questions posed about Germany's Synodal Way and the plan of Germany's bishops to promote their policies in an upcoming visit to Rome.
The participants protested against abortion and euthanasia. Several bishops and politicians gave speeches in support of life, including a member of the U.S. Democratic party.
The eight orthodox bishops who voted against the document were Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki and Bishops Gregor Maria Hanke, Matthias Heinrich, Stefan Oster, Dominikus Schwaderlapp, Rolf Steinhäuser, Rudolf Vorderholzer, and Florian Wörner.
Cardinal Reinhard Marx, the former head of the German bishops and a member of the Pope's Council of Cardinals, said he was 'very disappointed' by this voting result.