Bishop Gerard de Korte said, ‘at the request of Pope Francis and Pope Leo, the Dutch bishops are continuing to build a synodal Church.’
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The Bishop of 's-Hertogenbosch ('Hertogenbosch), Gerard de Korte, has publicly criticized his auxiliary bishop, Rob Mutsaerts, for addressing an open letter to Leo XIV questioning the fruits of the synodal process and calling for greater doctrinal and missionary clarity from the Pope. De Korte does not refute the content of Mutsaerts' objections, but rather censures the method chosen by his auxiliary and maintains that he should have conveyed hi…