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BERLIN (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI can cross an outstanding charge of failing to use a seatbelt from his list of worries.
The southern German city of Freiburg on Wednesday (Nov. 30) threw out charges against the pontiff for riding in his popemobile without a seatbelt during a September visit.
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BERLIN (RNS) Just because the pope gets to ride in the popemobile doesn't give him license not to wear a seat belt.
So says an unnamed German man who filed charges against Pope Benedict XVI for allegedly failing to use a seat belt while touring Germany on an official visit in September.
BERLIN (RNS) New guidelines issued by Germany's largest Protestant body
advised parishioners to not invest in companies that make hard liquor,
while beer and wine producers are fine.
BERLIN (RNS) A divorced doctor fired from his job at a Catholic hospital
because he married another woman should be reinstated, a German court
ruled Thursday (Sept. 8).
BERLIN (RNS) A schismatic British bishop who said he didn't believe the
Holocaust claimed 6 million Jews faces a reduced fine of 6,500 euros
($9,110) for incitement, a German appeals court ruled Monday (July 11).
BERLIN (RNS) The case of an outspoken schismatic bishop headed back to
court on Monday (July 4), with lawyers for British Bishop Richard
Williamson saying he shouldn't be punished for downplaying the severity
of the Holocaust.
BERLIN (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI has a lot of ground to cover when he
heads back home to Germany this September, but thanks to a new
popemobile from Mercedes, at least 30 of those kilometers (18.5 miles)
will be on the greener side.
As Islamic life and society claims an ever-larger place across
Western Europe, imams increasingly are being asked to provide guidance
to their immigrant and native-born Muslim congregations.
But that
leads to the question: Who provides guidance for the imams? New
educational and certification programs in Germany and neighboring
Austria hope to be the answer.
BERLIN (RNS) Gay and lesbian Lutheran ministers in the conservative
German state of Bavaria may live with their partners in parish
parsonages, but only if they enter into a state-sanctioned civil union.
Berlin (RNS) A German congregation founded by the Florida preacher who has sparked global controversy with plans to burn Qurans on 9/11 says it has had nothing to do with the preacher since 2008, denouncing him as "violent and fanatical."
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