Let local churches decide morality or God through scripture?
Only a few days ahead of the then-upcoming Synod of Bishops on the Family, two major lay organizations in Germany – the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK) and the Association of the German Catholic Youth (BDKJ) – have both made statements detailing their wishes for the outcome of the Synod. The official website of the German Bishops' Conference , katholisch.de, quotes the President of the German Catholic Youth Organization , Wolfgang Ehrenlechner, saying that he would be disappointed if the Synod, “will merely make a recommendation that one should treat the remarried divorcees in a more generous manner.” He hoped the Church would accept the empirical factual disparities, i.e. the worldwide cultural differences, so that the local churches themselves, “based on the Christian Faith, may lead their own discussions about how the faithful can lead their personal lives in their varied relationships, in light of a Christian responsibility.” Ehrenlechner also sa