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Central Europe
Drop-in baptism is no “cheap sacrament”
In a Berlin church, pastor Corinna Zisselsberger baptises people spontaneously once a month: without a baptism course or a long period of getting to know each other. Drop-in baptism is the name of the concept that is catching on and apparently reaching people. St. Mary's Church on Alexanderplatz. Outside, the…
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Christian Life
Working in a hospital during Covid: at the limit of our abilities
As a senior physician in the intensive care unit of Berlin's Charité hospital, Daniel Zickler has personally experienced every Covid wave. A conversation about faith in times of crisis, hope in the face of death, and love for one's neighbour. ***PRO: Documentary maker Carl Gierstorfer accompanied you and your colleagues…
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Opinion
Even if Winnetou is controversial, his story should not be banned
The Ravensburger publishing house takes the books about Winnetou out of the sale because they would hurt some people's feelings. That is the wrong way to deal with established stereotypical motifs in literary and art history. Clichéd, kitschy and insensitive; without a doubt, these terms describe the stories about the…
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