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13 Jun 2011

Bonhoeffer offers clues to being church in ‘religionless’ eastern Germany

A widespread “everyday atheism” requires a new understanding of what it means to be the church, according to Berlin theologian Dr Wolf Krötke.
25 Feb 2011

Analysing the Arab 'democratic revolutions'
2 Nov 2010

Latvian Catholic leader lauds 'exemplary ties' between churches

The new leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Latvia has said "exemplary ties" between churches are strengthening Christian witness in society.
9 Oct 2009

Churches remember 'holy disorder' and the fall of the Berlin Wall

A prayer service for peace in the East German city of Leipzig exactly 20 years ago triggered the chain of events that a month later led to the opening of the Berlin Wall.
2 Jul 2009

Hungary recalls end of Iron Curtain with mixed emotions

Hungary has marked the 20th anniversary of a symbolic opening of the Iron Curtain, which once separated it from neighbouring Austria, amid warnings from churches that Europe remains divided.
9 May 2009

East German Protestants remember their day of liberation

A regional Protestant church in former East Germany has launched a special Internet blog to mark the 20th anniversary of rigged elections in May 1989 that led to protests which helped end 40 years of communist rule.
30 Apr 2009

East Germany's peaceful revolution remembered in church campaign

Christians in eastern Germany have launched a campaign to mark the 20th anniversary of the peaceful revolution that overthrew communism, with a light sculpture shone onto the walls of the regional parliament building in Erfurt.
13 Nov 2007

Czech churches become financially distinct from state

The Czech government has agreed, after almost two decades of dispute, to compensate churches for properties confiscated under communist rule, and also to make them financially independent from the state. The details are being sorted.
2 Nov 2007

Stalin's victims remembered at site of church used for killing field

President Putin has attended a memorial service conducted by Patriarch Aleksei II, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, at a church built near a Soviet police secret killing field, to commemorate the victims of Josef Stalin.
4 Jul 2007

German Protestant warns churches against being kidded by capitalism

An East German Protestant who played a big role in the movement that led to the end of communism and the Berlin Wall in 1989, has warned against the church becoming seduced by the "friendly embrace" of capitalism.

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