No sex without values

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The Catholic Bishop of Fulda, Heinz Josef Algermissen, has sharply criticized the musical fairy tale for children's sex education "Nase, Bauch und Po" (Nose, Belly and Buttocks) by the Federal Center for Health Education. The Duktus of this early childhood sex education finds because of the one-sided focus on physical relationships his firm disapproval, the bishop stressed on Wednesday in Fulda. His criticism also properly targeted "Donum Vitae"

In a letter to the Fulda Diocesan Caritas Association, Algermissen emphasized that he amed that Catholic daycare centers in the diocese of Fulda were not involved in this form of sex education. According to Catholic understanding, sex education and the teaching of ethical values belong inseparably together, the bishop said.The sex education play has been on the road in Germany since 2003. With regard to the fact that the East Hesse regional association of Donum Vitae, a pregnancy counseling association founded by Catholics, is now the organizer of performances of the play, Algermissen emphasized that this shows that Donum Vitae is not a Catholic association.

Responsibility for professional development

Dr. Holger Dornemann © DR

Spires of the Cologne Cathedral © Caroline Seidel

Catholic theologian Holger Dornemann is the new commissioner for pastoral care of homosexuals in the Archdiocese of Cologne. Cardinal Woelki appointed the 50-year-old from Wuppertal to the office at the beginning of the year, as the archdiocese announced.

Dornemann has worked for the Archdiocese of Cologne since 1996, among other things in adult education and as head of the Marriage and Family Department in the Pastoral Care Division of the Vicariate General. Since October 2016, he has headed the department of catechesis and sacramental pastoral care.

Religious educator and private lecturer

Dornemann acquired numerous qualifications in sex education, it was said. Since 2011, the habilitated religious educator and private lecturer has also been teaching at the University of Munich.

The recognition and protection of the sexual identity of each person are central concerns in his new area of responsibility of homosexual pastoral care, Dornemann explained. He is supported by a team of women and men from areas of pastoral care and counseling.

Working group for homosexual pastoral care

In the Archdiocese of Cologne, there has been a working group for homosexual pastoral care for more than 20 years, as well as a commissioner. The person in question coordinates the tasks "and bears responsibility for the professional development of this field of work, which is important for Cologne and the entire archdiocese," as the homepage states.

The "cordial invitation to the discussion" is directed at all, which look for information, orientation and company. These included homosexual people, their relatives, teachers who want to deal with the subject in class, pastors, deacons, parish and pastoral workers who have contact with homosexual people or are homosexual themselves.

The federal anti-discrimination agency has called for the ban on homosexual shooting couples to be lifted. The decision by the Catholic Federation of German Historical Rifle Associations was illegal, ADS head Christine Luders said in Berlin on Thursday. The association cannot invoke the church clause that has been invoked in the field.

The discrimination body had subjected the ban to an appropriate legal examination and found violations of the General Equal Treatment Act. In particular, the association could not invoke the church clause brought into the field by the shooters due to the legal situation. The resolution is therefore invalid.

Auxiliary bishop Koch: homosexuals belong to u
The Catholic Shooting Federation had decided in March with a large majority that homosexual shooting kings and queens may not choose their life partners as co-regents in the future either. On our site interview, the Federal President of the shooting fraternities, Auxiliary Bishop Heiner Koch, had explained the decision and emphasized: "Homosexual people continue to belong to us, without any ifs and buts".

The decision states that there is nothing to prevent homosexuals from becoming members of the Catholic shooting fraternities. Homosexual kings or queens are also possible, he said.

The debate was triggered by Dirk Winter, the rifleman from Munster. He had taken his longtime life partner to the royal throne last summer. The diocesan rifle associations from Paderborn and Munster then made a motion to ban representative appearances by same-sex royal couples.

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