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The new Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance, Bishop Thomas Schirrmacher, talks in an interview with the “Tagespost” about his ecumenical relationship with Pope Francis, about Christian mission and how he met persecuted Christians as a child.
I have been asked, whether my German book on Pope Francis will ever be published in English. The answer is ‘No’.
The national Conferences of Bishops of the Catholic Church worldwide met at the Vatican in February 2019 for a summit on sexual abuse. Time to look back a year later, as much has happened in some countries, but there is no real progress on the global level.
A year ago in April 2019, Pope Benedict published a letter intended to explain how the abuse scandal within the Catholic Church came about – A commentary by Thomas Schirrmacher
These comments were written during Pope Benedict XVI’s term in office, prior to his resignation. References that were current at the time have not been changed, e.g., to “Pope emeritus.” However, an excursus at the end adds more recent information.
Richard Howell and Thomas Schirrmacher hand Pope Francis reports on persecution in India, by the Global Christian Forum and by the World Evangelical Alliance
WRF members Thomas Schirrmacher and Thomas Johnson discuss “Collaboration without Compromise”
As every year, the Director of the International Institute for Religious Freedom and International President of the International Society for Human Rights presented the two German Yearbooks on Religious Freedom (Jahrbuch Religionsfreiheit 2017) and the Yearbook on the Persecution and Discrimination of Christians (Jahrbuch Verfolgung und Diskriminierung von Christen 2017) to Pope Francis personally.