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A cross is displayed during a meeting of the Central Committee of German Catholics in Bonn Nov. 22, 2019. Catholic leaders in Germany have compiled responses from lay Catholics in areas related to who holds power in the church, sexual morals, the role of priests and the place of women in church offices in preparation for an upcoming synodal assembly to debate church reforms. (CNS/KNA/Harald Oppitz)