What did the world aids conference bring?

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At the end of the 17. World AIDS Conference in Mexico, politicians and aid organizations have called for more financial commitment in the fight against the immunodeficiency disease. Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, speaking in Berlin on Friday, called on donor countries to cancel debts. In this way, developing countries should have more funds for more programs.

The Left faction called it a "disgrace" that rich states were not releasing much-needed funds. The German Red Cross pointed out that increased food prices were further aggravating the situation of the sick, especially in Africa. Of the 33 million people infected with HIV, 90 percent live in developing countries, according to the UN. About 70 percent will not receive therapy. International aid organization World Vision said in Mexico City that the fight against AIDS must be advanced through combined strategies. Joachim Ruppel of the aid organization Misereor said in an interview with the Catholic News Agency (KNA) that, in addition to comprehensive prevention work and a functioning health system, human rights are a central key to solving the problem. Social inequality is linked to the spread of HIV, conference panel says. The Protestant relief organization "Bread for the World" called for full human rights to be granted to all groups affected by AIDS. The situation is made worse, he said, when those affected are driven underground or stigmatized too much. The president of the Lutheran World Federation, Bishop Mark Hanson, called on the churches to allow people with HIV to be considered full members of church congregations. The development policy spokeswoman of the Green Party in the Bundestag, Ute Koczy, criticized the role of the Catholic Church in Latin America, the host continent: "Those who rely only on abstinence and fidelity as the key in the fight against HIV/AIDS and reject the condom as protection against infection, unfortunately act past the reality and the irresponsible sexual behavior of many Latin American men."Such an attitude is unworldly. At the conference, more than 20.000 scientists, politicians and AIDS activists on effective action against immunodeficiency disease. The ie at stake was the strengthening of the health infrastructure as well as treatment and prevention. Topics also included the promotion of human rights and equitable access to aid.

It is to be a sign of renewal of churches and society: The 2012 Katholikentag in Mannheim will be held under the motto "Dare a new departure".

The motto was decided by the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK), which is organizing the major event together with the Archdiocese of Freiburg, on Friday (15.10.2010). The Katholikentag wants to send a signal that Christians want to participate in the renewal of their church as well as of society, said ZdK President Alois Gluck.

The Archbishop of Freiburg, Robert Zollitsch, expressed the hope for a spiritual event. The Katholikentag wants to give courage for a new beginning in church and society. "In order for this departure into the future to succeed, there needs to be a spiritual renewal and a rearance in faith," said the archbishop, whose diocese includes Mannheim. For this reason, he said, a spiritual center for prayer and spirituality will be set up at Katholikentag, for example. The dean of the city of Mannheim, Karl Jung, emphasized that the Katholikentag wants to set the signal for a new beginning, so that the "message of the Gospel once again arrives in the world in which people live today".

Jointly organized by ZdK and archdiocese
ZdK President Gluck said that the term "awakening" chosen as a motto encompassed important socio-political ies such as migration, integration, reorganization of the financial system and the ecological crisis. At the same time, the motto expresses that the church needs an open dialogue about the problems that have led to loss of trust, sexual abuse and church crisis.

The 98. German Catholic Day will be held from 16. until 20. May 2012 in Mannheim jointly organized by ZdK and the archdiocese. Catholic congresses are held every two years, alternating with the Protestant church congresses. At the large-scale meetings, the Church presents itself to the public with its associations and institutions over several days. In May, Catholics and Protestants jointly organized the Second Ecumenical Church Congress in Munich.

Bishop Muller renewed his criticism of the theologians' memorandum. Church cannot be talked about first in sociological, political or pragmatic terms," the bishop stressed. "It is not a marketing agency for religious leisure activities, spiritual wellness and practical life assistance."

Muller accused the initiators of the reform paper of a false understanding of the church. In an interview with the daily newspaper "Die Welt" (Thursday), he said it was the bishops' task to ensure the "authenticity and integrity of the doctrine of the faith". "Therefore, they will have to deal with the position of theological training centers and the ecclesiality of theology."

"Lack of churchmanship" When asked if this could also result in sanctions against the signers of the memorandum, Mueller replied, "Not at first. But it is unacceptable for the future priests and religious teachers to put up with a lack of ecclesiasticism."

In their memorandum published at the beginning of February, "Church 2011: A necessary departure," more than 300 Catholic professors of theology mostly from the German-speaking world plead, among other things, for more participation by the faithful in the appointment of ministers, the ordination of married people to the priesthood as well, and more respect for individual life choices. Same-sex partnerships or remarried divorcees should not simply be excluded, he said.

Bishop Muller: Pure polarization is useless In the debate initiated by the bishops themselves about the future of the church in Germany, Muller says he thinks little of interlocutors "who constantly talk about a reform backlog and conjure up apocalyptic doomsday scenarios in the event that the church does not adapt to the spirit of the times". In any case, the plan of those who only want to polarize must be thwarted.

"Only those who fully acknowledge revelation, accept as criteria the doctrine of the faith and the authority of the magisterium instituted by Christ, can call themselves Catholic and participate in the conversation about martyria, leiturgia and diakonia that we bishops want to have."

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