Category - Germany

Churches in Germany admit failure to speak out for the Jews

Agencies — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:35:46 +0000

Churches in Germany have remembered the 70th anniversary of the systematic attack by the Nazis in 1938 on Jewish Germans, saying that many Christians failed then in their duty to speak out.

German Protestant commemorate Anglican bishop of reconciliation

Ecumenical News International — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:08:18 +0000

Protestants in Germany are recalling the life of George K. A. Bell, an Anglican bishop who opposed the Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler but also sharply criticised indiscriminate bombing of German cities during the Second World War.

German Protestant church becomes a Jewish synagogue

Ecumenical News International — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:28:27 +0000

For the first time in Germany, a Protestant church has been turned into a synagogue. The Rev Alfred Buss of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia, where it is located, said the new place of worship is a "house of hope".

Obama pitches for a global presidency in Berlin speech

staff writers — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:33:43 +0000

US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is today making an unprecedented campaign pitch in Berlin, Germany, and has drawn an enthusiastic crowd of 100,000. But how will this go down in the USA?

German Olympic bracelets highlight human rights issues

Ecumenical News International — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:10:29 +0000

A German church has far exceeded its initial expectations in so far distributing more than 200,000 black bracelets intended as a symbolic protest against human rights abuses in China during the Olympic Games in Beijing.

Church peace delegation questions German arms sales

agency reporter — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:01:28 +0000

On a visit to the German Federal Defence Ministry in Berlin, members of a delegation from the World Council of Churches have posed tough questions about German arms sales and about the efficacy of war as a tool of policy.

Churches urged to confront the issue of domestic violence

agency reporter — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:01:42 +0000

German churches' practical experience with confronting the issue of domestic violence will play an important role in a Peace Declaration of the World Council of Churches planned for 2011.

Idolatry, the American way?

Martin E. Marty — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:48:30 +0000

Have many American Christians forgotten the distinction between discipleship and partisanship, asks Martin E. marty, looking at some authors who unpack the complex relationship between Christian faith and political reality.

Global church team to share creative nonviolence experience in Germany

agency reporter — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:24:11 +0000

Witnesses for creative peacemaking from member churches of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Burundi, Brazil, Greece and the United States will travel to Germany, 27 June - 4 July, to exchange experiences in overcoming violence.

Cutting state support for the churches

Simon Barrow — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:44:36 +0000

The Catholic Church was once central to Spanish life. But Spain is changing — just like its European neighbours, says the US-based international magazine, Newsweek.