Tag: faith and religion
Pastor on his bike: Church adopts climate law – Bavaria
On some church buildings you can see it as a small sign: the green rooster. It is a church environmental certificate that Protestant parishes in Bavaria can apply for. They…
Augsburg: Two abuse commissioners in the diocese announce their resignation – Bavaria
Two of the three abuse commissioners in the diocese of Augsburg have announced their resignation. The qualified psychologists Angelika Hauser and Rupert Membarth accused the diocese leadership of the Augsburg…
People for Munich: Günes Seyfarth’s Community Kitchen can continue. – Munich
Save food Günes Seyfarth is a rescuer, but above all a doer. Seyfarth has been saving food from waste for years. In Munich alone, 165 tons of food from private…
Lake Constance: escapism for everyone
1300 years ago, a monastery was built on the island of Reichenau, which became a cultural center of Europe. This is now being celebrated locally – and with a great…
Japan: On the trail of the Japanese Jesus – travel
Every year, thousands make a pilgrimage to the grave of a wandering herder who settled in a remote corner of northern Japan two millennia ago. He fathered three daughters with…
The Japanese Jesus – Journey
Every year, thousands make a pilgrimage to the grave of a wandering herder who settled in a remote corner of northern Japan two millennia ago. He fathered three daughters with…
Primary school in Bavaria: Does religious education still have a future? – Bavaria
The subject has few advocates, as the recent debates about primary school reform showed: many people called for Reli to be cut rather than other subjects. Wrongly? Time to take…
Europe’s only Ramadan radio show: Here the fasting month is demystified – politics
Nora Akachar is celebrating these days: her successful radio show and the three-day festival of breaking the fast, which begins on Wednesday. To be with her Suhoor Stories To listen,…
Passau Bishop Oster tells joke in Easter Sunday sermon: Video becomes a success – Bavaria
Something unusual must have happened if a video on the Internet portal YouTube reaches a million views within three days. The Passau Bishop Stefan Oster achieved this by telling a…
“Rocking Abbot” from Sankt Ottilien: Benedictine monk Notker Wolf is dead – Munich
Notker Wolf had been to Italy once again. Actually it was just a short trip for someone who had traveled so often into the big world, who loved Asia and…