Catholic bishops in Germany are pressing forward with reforms that would share authority over Church matters with lay Catholics, despite opposition from the Vatican. The German Bishops’ Conference has approved the statutes for the key reform body, the Synodal Committee, according to a spokesman for the conference, Matthias Kopp. “Things have developed from the last plenary assembly to the talks in Rome and now,” Kopp told dpa. The Synodal Committee is tasked with drawing up plans for a permanent Synodal Council, which will bring together bishops with lay believers from the Central Committee of…