Cardinal Koch has spoken in support of synodality but also criticized it. “Synodality, if you take it seriously, means arguing with each other until no one has the impression that it contradicts the faith.”; “It is new that we here in the West are discovering that synodality is not something new in the Church, but has an old tradition.”; “[Papal] primacy must be exercised in a synodal manner, and synodality requires primacy”.
