Alexander Folz

Alexander Folz

Alexander Folz is a freelance journalist and contributor to CNA Deutsch, specializing in faith, politics, and culture. He grew up in Saarland and is currently studying economics at the Leibniz University of Hanover. He is particularly interested in Catholic social teaching, which he sees as a bridge between faith and economic practice. As a committed member of a Catholic youth movement, he is also dedicated to pro-life initiatives. In 2024, he took part in the EWTN summer academy in Rome.

Articles by Alexander Folz

Three Augustinian nuns (pictured on Sept. 16, 2025) fled their nursing home and returned to their convent in Austria. Credit: Courtesy of Nonnen_Goldenstein

Austrian nuns who escaped nursing home reject compromise offer

Dec 2, 2025 / 09:14 am

Three Austrian nuns have rejected a compromise to remain at Goldenstein Monastery, escalating a yearslong dispute that now goes to Rome.

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3 German bishops oppose school guide on ‘diversity of sexual identities’

Nov 24, 2025 / 16:08 pm

Published on Oct. 30, the document is intended to serve as an orientation aid for Catholic and other schools in Germany.

A roadside wooden crucifix in Bavaria. Credit: AC Wimmer/EWTN News

Violence against Christians rises sharply across Europe, report warns

Nov 17, 2025 / 09:06 am

A new report by OIDAC Europe documents 2,211 anti-Christian hate crimes across Europe in 2024, including a sharp spike in arson attacks on churches.

The chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Georg Bätzing, defended his country’s controversial guidelines on same-sex blessings this week, asserting that there was no contradiction with Vatican teaching, despite Pope Leo XIV’s recent criticism. Credit: Deutsche Bischofskonferenz/Marko Orlovic

Bishop Bätzing: German bishops not on ‘confrontational course with Rome’

Sep 25, 2025 / 14:03 pm

At their autumn assembly in Fulda, the German bishops defended controversial blessing guidelines for same-sex couples despite Pope Leo XIV’s criticism.

Three Augustinian nuns (pictured on Sept. 16, 2025) fled their nursing home and returned to their convent in Austria. Credit: Photo courtesy Nonnen_Goldenstein

Elderly nuns escape nursing home in Austria and find way back to convent

Sep 18, 2025 / 16:33 pm

Three elderly nuns have made international headlines and gained Instagram followers after fleeing a nursing home and returning to their convent in Austria.

The European Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium. Credit: Ala z via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Christian rights group challenges ‘extremism’ claims in EU abortion lobby report

Aug 6, 2025 / 10:44 am

The European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights in June released a report linking Christian pro-life organizations to “religious extremism.”

A monstrance with the Blessed Sacrament is displayed on the altar during Eucharistic adoration at a Loretto Community Pentecost event accompanied by live music. Credit: Loretto Gemeinschaft

How the Loretto Community became a vibrant Catholic youth movement in Europe

Jun 28, 2025 / 08:00 am

The Loretto Community traces its roots to the mid-1980s, when a businessman and permanent deacon from Salzburg, Austria, first visited Medjugorje.

St. Mary Cathedral in Hamburg, Germany. Credit: John Samuel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

German archdiocese faces backlash over sexuality education framework

Jun 24, 2025 / 10:31 am

The document is scheduled for implementation across all 15 Catholic school locations in Hamburg beginning with the 2026-2027 school year.

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Switzerland’s largest Catholic women’s group drops ‘Catholic’ from name

Jun 3, 2025 / 10:16 am

Originally founded a century ago, the Swiss Catholic Women’s Federation was established to preserve Catholic life in families, communities, and the state.

The Paderborn Cathedral in Germany Credit: By A.Savin / Wikimedia Free Art License

German archdiocese distances itself from controversial performance in cathedral

May 29, 2025 / 10:48 am

The Archdiocese of Paderborn in western Germany expressed regret that the staging had “hurt religious feelings” and has since initiated internal reviews.