Saturday 21 December |

Saint of the Day: St. Peter Canisius

Germany

Lebkuchen Christmas cookie

V. M. Traverso

How monks invented Germany’s beloved Christmas cookie

GERTRUDE-THE-GREAT

Philip Kosloski

St. Gertrude entered a monastery when she was 5 years old

Milena Jesenská (1896-1944) et Margarete Buber-Neumann (1901-1989)

Denis Lensel

These heroines saved innocents from their Nazi executioners

Monachium

Daniel Esparza

Medieval church ruins found in forgotten village near Munich

Philip Kosloski

This German priest was ordained in a Nazi concentration camp

EDITH STEIN

Philip Kosloski

Is it St. Edith Stein or St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross?

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Daniel Esparza

Ancient burials discovered at Posa Monastery site

Saint Gregory of Nazianzus by Rubens - Cropped

V. M. Traverso

Stolen St. Gregory of Nazianzus sketch returns to Germany

BONIFACE

Philip Kosloski

Why St. Boniface is called the Apostle of the Germans

Pope Francis during his weekly general audience at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on March 20, 2024

Camille Dalmas

Pope Francis considers JPII’s role in fall of Berlin Wall

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Daniel Esparza

Ancient baptismal font linked to German royalty discovered in Quedlinburg

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Camille Dalmas

Church unity: Pope Francis faces 3 difficult situations

SYNOD GERMANY

I.Media

Holy See blocks German “synod council” project

Ode to Joy Beethoven Flashmob

Cerith Gardiner

The perfect flashmob to start off the year

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Isabella H. de Carvalho

Too many conflicts fueled by media, laments Pope

Stained glass window denouncing the Nazis' evil acts

Karol Wojteczek

Hitler as the devil in stained glass? An intriguing story from 1939

DRESDEN CHRISTMAS MARKET; GERMANY

Daniel Esparza

Europe’s oldest Christmas market is almost 600 years old

German church tax

J-P Mauro

Church in Germany shrinking faster than ever before

VATICAN – POPE – MASS – PALLIUM – SPP2017

I.Media

Synod: no German-speaking language group planned

MEDIEVAL GRAVE

Daniel Esparza

Archaeologists uncover forgotten medieval German monastery

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