HEALTH EMERGENCY — 18 Marzo 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Germany, initiatives from Dioceses of Mainz, Augsburg and Freiburg. Bishop Kohlgraf quarantined
Newspapers and web — 9 Marzo 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Germany, media coverage of the epidemic. Süddeutsche Zeitung, schools closed in Bavaria. Bild, first redundancies
Churches in Europe — 3 Marzo 2020 Germany: Mgr. Georg Bätzing, Bishop of Limburg, new president of German Bishops’ Conference
Extremism — 20 Febbraio 2020 Germany massacre: the Turkish Catholic Bishops’ mourning. Mgr. Bizzeti (apostolic vicar of Anatolia), “a climate of hatred and contempt leads to tragic consequences”
Calendar of events — 7 Febbraio 2020 Germany: German Catholic Sports Association, celebrating its 100th anniversary
MIGRATION — 5 Febbraio 2020 Germany: diocese of Munich-Freising, 100 thousand euros for refugees in Lesbos island
Opening of Assembly — 30 Gennaio 2020 Germany: Frankfurt, start of German Church Synod. Card. Marx, “what is at stake is the future of faith in the country”. Sternberg, “a new start”
Bishops’ Conference — 17 Gennaio 2020 Germany: Bishops back new organ transplant law. Card. Marx, “it protects freedom while also boosting donations”