Pope exhorts Germans to fidelity, criticizes ‘routine’ faith
FREIBURG, GERMANY, Sep 25, 2011 (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI has encouraged German Catholics to remain faithful to the unity of the Church. He warned that those Catholics who view the Church as a mere institution are often further from God than agnostics.
Church troubles can help purify and reform, Pope says
FREIBURG, GERMANY, Sep 25, 2011 (CNA/EWTN News).- Troubled times in the Catholic Church and increasing secularization can be an opportunity for renewal, Pope Benedict XVI said in Germany.
Pope Benedict dares young people to be saints
FREIBURG, GERMANY, Sep 25, 2011 (CNA/EWTN News).-
Pope Benedict XVI has challenged young people to “dare to be glowing saints, in whose eyes and hearts the love of Christ beams and who thus bring light to the world.”
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- Holy Mass at the Olympiastadion
- Meeting with representatives of the Jewish community in a room of the Reichstag Building
- Visit to the Federal Parliament in the Reichstag Building
- Welcoming ceremony at Bellevue Castle
- Marian Vespers at the Wallfahrtskapelle
- Ecumenical Celebration in the church of the Augustinian Convent
- Meeting with representatives of the German Evangelical Church Council in the Chapter Hall of the Augustinian Convent
- Ecumenical Celebration in the church of the Augustinian Convent, Erfurt
- Marian Vespers at the Wallfahrtskapelle, Etzelsbach
- Meeting with representatives of the Muslim community in the reception room of the Apostolic Nunciature of Berlin
- Prayer vigil with the young people at the trade fair grounds of Freiburg im Breisgau
- Meeting with the Council of the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZDK) in the Seminary Hörsaal
- Meeting with seminarians at St Charles Borromeo Seminary Chapel
- Meeting with representatives of the Orthodox Churches in the Seminary Hörsaal
- Greetings to the citizens gathered at Münsterplatz
- Holy Mass at Domplatz
Vatican spokesman rejects claim German bishops disrespected Pope
ROME, ITALY, Oct 12, 2011 (CNA/EWTN News).-
Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi, S.J., dismissed what he called “ridiculous” claims circulating online that the German bishops disrespected Pope Benedict during his recent visit to the country.
Peter Seewald: The Pope triumphed over the media war in Germany
LIMA, PERU, Sep 28, 2011 (CNA).- In an interview with the Kath.net news agency sent to CNA for publication, German Catholic reporter Peter Seewald said the recent papal trip to Germany was a victory for the humility and message of the Pope.
As he departs, Pope is hopeful for Germany's Christian future
FREIBURG, GERMANY, Sep 25, 2011 (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI used his departure from German soil to reflect upon his four-day state visit to his homeland and to express confidence in the future of Christianity there.
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