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Tag: Pope Francis

  • 2016 book on Pope Francis in draft English translation will not be upgraded or published

    2016 book on Pope Francis in draft English translation will not be upgraded or published

    I have been asked, whether my German book on Pope Francis will ever be published in English. The answer is ‘No’.

    15. February 2021 / Evangelicals, Catholic Church, ProMundis Blog

     
  • Thomas Schirrmacher in conversation with the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Luis Cardinal Ladaria, in charge of investigating the abuses (2019) © BQ/Thomas Schirrmacher

    One year later: An Evangelical Looks at the Vatican’s Abuse Summit

    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.

    26. May 2020 / Evangelicals, Leadership, Catholic Church, ProMundis Blog, Sexuality

     
  • The Pope receives books on the topic of the persecution of Christians © L’Osservatore Romano

    Benedict is mistaken here!

    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

    14. May 2020 / Special ethical topics, Catholic Church, ProMundis Blog

     
  • “The Pope’s most loved Protestant”

    “The Pope’s most loved Protestant”

    With these words, Prof. Dr. Daniel Philpott from the University of Notre Dame opened Thomas Schirrmacher’s lecture in the Pontifical University Urbaniana in December 2015.

    15. April 2020 / Catholic Church, ProMundis Blog

     
  • This photo was taken during the very moment the Pope spoke the sections quoted above © Thomas Schirrmacher

    Pope calls upon WCC to return to emphasizing evangelism

    During his visit to the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva on the occasion of its 70th anniversary, Pope Francis, along with many kind words, urged the WCC to once again prioritize the task of evangelism and mission.

    27. August 2019 / Special topics Mission, Evangelicals, Catholic Church, World Council of Churches, ProMundis Blog

     
  • The Bishops Howell and Schirrmacher handing over the two books by the Global Christian Forum to Pope Francis © Osservatore Romano 242459_27062018.jpg

    Howell and Schirrmacher hand Pope Francis four books and reports

    Richard Howell and Thomas Schirrmacher hand Pope Francis reports on persecution in India, by the Global Christian Forum and by the World Evangelical Alliance

    7. September 2018 / Persecution of Christians, Special topics ecumenical relations, Catholic Church, ProMundis Blog

     
  • 70 years WCC: “Something is starting to move”

    70 years WCC: “Something is starting to move”

    70 years ago, on August 23, 1948, the World Council of Churches (WCC) was founded. The theologian Thomas Schirrmacher talks about the history of the “World Council of Churches”, why Catholics are not members – and why he sees a missionary departure also in Germany.

    31. August 2018 / Catholic Church, ProMundis Blog

     
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About me

Über michProf. Dr. theol. Dr. phil. Thomas Schirrmacher, PhD, DD, (born 1960) is President of the International Council of the International Society for Human Rights, and Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance, which networks churches with appr. 600 million conservative Protestant Christians, chair of its theological commission, and director of the International Institute for Religious Freedom (Bonn, Cape Town, Colombo, Brasilia), the largest research network for religious freedom and against persecution of Christians and other religions and world views. Read more …

 

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