Austria wants to guard churches better
AWhen Austria’s Interior Minister Karl Nehammer announced last week that the police would in future protect places of worship especially from terrorist threats, it initially … Read more
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What happens to the political center
EThere are people for whom external appearances are very important: where they and other people come from, who has which parents, who loves what kind … Read more
are places of worship really places of contamination?
Reserved for subscribers THE CHEKING PROCESS – Prime Minister Jean Castex has provisionally maintained the 30-person level for the celebrations, causing the incomprehension of many … Read more
The new giant organ in St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna
AFor eight hundred years, St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna defied all odds; Fires, Turkish sieges and French wars survived unscathed. Even the numerous air raids … Read more
Christians, come back: young Muslims rebuild a church outraged by the Islamic State | Global World Blog
The image they project is powerful: Muslim youths helping to remove rubble and clean up a church desecrated by the Islamic State. They are the … Read more
In Warsaw, the Church of the Holy Cross in the health and societal crisis
The Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw is a symbol in more than one way in Poland. Dynamized by the Germans during the war, … Read more
When Thuringia is there, it always tastes good
Et’s been a long time since I was in Schmalkalden for the last time. Exactly forty-six years. Birth, baptism, school, first girlfriend – everything happens … Read more
In Toulouse, Catholics demonstrate against their “confiscated freedom”
Some came with their families with strollers and children frolicking around the small fountain. Others display tricolor flags adorned with a heart surmounted by a … Read more
Consequence of Corona: One billion less church tax
WAs a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a media report, the large churches in Germany are expecting significantly lower tax revenues. These could … Read more
The Government and the Polish Church, in check
Today Independence Day is celebrated in Poland. 102 years since it claimed its sovereignty in 1918 after 123 occupation. This day of celebration arrives with … Read more