German Catholics have agreed to continue their reform process in close coordination with the Vatican. At the end of a two-day meeting of the Synodal Committee, a reform committee, in Mainz on Saturday, it was decided to set up three commissions to examine how the intended reforms can be implemented. The Synodal Committee is to prepare a Synodal Council in which bishops and lay people will consult and make decisions together. These plans led to a serious crisis in the German Bishops’ Conference’s relationship with the Vatican at the beginning of this year. The centre of the Catholic church cons…