Tag: Catholic Church
The Christian mail order company Vivat is launching a new streaming service with Yesflix: Hallelujah – Media
If you look around the world at the moment, you could, as the saying goes, fall away from the faith. A new streaming service has been shining into this gloom…
Munich: House for children in Haidhausen is about to close – Munich
The senior citizens’ home of the insolvent St. Josefs Association in Haidhausen has already had to close, and now the house for children is threatened with the same fate. The…
Football and church: “Both are completely useless” – Munich
Maybe this is the evening when it really becomes clear that there is a God. Because two of the world’s largest religions come together: the Catholic Church and football. Both…
Anti-Semitism: “The biggest mistake is to avoid the topic” – Munich
75 years ago, the first society for Christian-Jewish cooperation in Germany was founded in Munich. Andreas Renz is one of the board members. A conversation about prejudice, hatred of Jews…
Requiem for the deceased Alois Glück – Bavaria
Numerous guests from politics and society are expected to attend the requiem for the late CSU politician Alois Glück on March 9th in Munich’s Liebfrauendom. The Archdiocese of Munich announced…
Bamberg’s new Archbishop Gössl inaugurated – Bavaria
Bamberg has a new archbishop. Herwig Gössl, 57, was inaugurated into office on Saturday in the Kaiserdom. Consecration was not necessary, as Gössl has been auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese…
Bavaria: Is the AfD finally breaking with the churches? – Bavaria
After the Catholic bishops’ declaration against right-wing extremism, state leader Protschka draws a line in the sand with nasty hostilities. But there are also other voices in his party. The…
The Catholic Church in Germany distances itself sharply from the AfD – opinion
God created man in his own image. God himself is reflected in every single person. It is a core tenet of Christianity, in which the Christian commandment of charity and…
Bamberg Bishop Gössl swears loyalty to the state – Bavaria
The future Archbishop of Bamberg Herwig Gössl has taken an oath of loyalty to the constitution. This is stipulated for new bishops in the state church agreement between Bavaria and…
Bavaria: Bishops want to take a stand against right-wing extremism – Bavaria
The chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference, Georg Bätzing, calls for a clear signal from the Catholic Church against right-wing extremism and right-wing populism. “We must defend our democracy, our…