New rules —
New rules —
EU: international protection to 295,000 persons in 2019, mostly from Syria and Venezuela. Most welcoming countries: Germany, France and Spain
Germany: “Cast the Nets”, online prayer campaign for religious vocations
Coronavirus Covid-19: Germany, bells on at Easter in all the Catholic and Evangelical churches
COVID-19 Coronavirus: Germany, initiatives from Dioceses of Mainz, Augsburg and Freiburg. Bishop Kohlgraf quarantined
COVID-19 Coronavirus: Germany, media coverage of the epidemic. Süddeutsche Zeitung, schools closed in Bavaria. Bild, first redundancies
Churches in Europe —
Germany: Mgr. Georg Bätzing, Bishop of Limburg, new president of German Bishops’ Conference
Extremism —
Germany massacre: the Turkish Catholic Bishops’ mourning. Mgr. Bizzeti (apostolic vicar of Anatolia), “a climate of hatred and contempt leads to tragic consequences”
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