Germany’s Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck presented a stark picture of his diocese at Saturday’s synod on synodality press conference at the Vatican. Speaking to journalists in Italian Oct. 21, the Bishop of Essen said: “We almost no longer have seminarians. I’ve been bishop of Essen for 14 years. In these 14 years, I have buried almost 300 priests and ordained 15. And this is our reality.” Earlier in the press conference, Overbeck had presented the rationale for Germany’s “synodal way”…