Desperate mother © Stephan Kern (DR)
Working mothers in particular have a lot to do in the Corona crisis. Time for our economic system to change, finds one initiative. Unpaid housework is what makes paid gainful employment possible in the first place.
He went along the "synodal way": Now the chairmen of the inner-church synodal forum "Living in Successful Relationships – Living Love in Sexuality and Partnership" have paid tribute to the late theologian Eberhard Schockenhoff.
German bishops © Frank Rumpenhorst
The spring plenary meeting of the German Bishops' Conference will only take place digitally this year because of the Corona pandemic. Among other things, the focus will be on a study day on leaving and remaining in the church.
The archdiocese of Freiburg must pay 10.8 million euros in arrears because of years of errors in the accounting of social security contributions for marginal employees. This is the result of a three-year audit of the German pension insurance scheme.
View into the meeting room of the city palace at the start of the fall plenary session © Arne Dedert
What are the results from Fulda? At the end of the fall plenary session of the German Bishops' Conference, the focus was on the consequences of a study on sexual abuse of children and adolescents.
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North. Lower Saxony’s coastal resorts would normally be bustling with tourists at this time of year, strolling along the beaches in glorious spring weather. In times of corona restrictions, however, that is exactly what is prohibited: tourist activities are forbidden, as is, for example, the stay of people who only have a secondary residence at the north sea.
However, this very circumstance is now causing a bizarre phenomenon in the coastal towns: there are increasing reports of residents being mobbed by locals because of their foreign license plates. And that, although they themselves have their permanent residence in the region. in some cases vehicles were even damaged.
Symbolic image: theology students in the lecture hall © Stefano Dal Pozzolo (KNA)
Freiburg Auxiliary Bishop Christian Wurtz is open to dropping the term "Regens" to describe a seminary director. He calls himself a "leader" anyway, and most people no longer understand the word "Regens.
Archbishop Hans-Josef Becker (r.) © Elisabeth Schomaker (KNA)
Paderborn Archbishop Hans-Josef Becker sees no alternative to the Synodal Way of the Catholic Church in Germany. "I am more confident than before the conference that in the end there can be really substantial resolutions."
One sat in pretrial detention, the other was proclaimed pope by mistake. This year, several prominent cardinals are dropping out as papal electors. Six purple bearers lose their right to vote. An overview: