Cardinal-designate Víctor Manuel Fernández, the new prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, has addressed questions about the German synodal way in at least eight interviews this month.
The Pillar, in its analysis of his comments, believes that the term “ambivalent” is “apt: What he has said so far could be equally the prelude to a new Vatican opening toward the synodal way or further efforts to neutralize the initiative.”