Immaculate Conception Parish

The AfD's victory in Luther's home state confirms the electoral geography mapped out in 2021, yet with significant new developments: the cradle of the Reformation is now the epicenter of dissent against the religious establishment. And this is just the beginning.

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The bishops’ objection goes far beyond the legal status of surrogacy. Their central concern is that the arrangement risks transforming both motherhood and childhood into objects of a contractual transaction.

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The Latin Patriarch, in cooperation with the University of Notre Dame, inaugurated Within Your Gates, a forum that brings together scholars, religious, and civic leaders to study and publicise the “universal vocation of Jerusalem”. The prelate asks “with honesty and humility” what purpose this city serves and what it asks of us.

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This is the first case file received in the Netherlands requesting euthanasia for a child since the expansion of euthanasia legislation in 2024. Previously, euthanasia could already be requested for infants under one year of age and for children over twelve.

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The government authorized the transfer of the funds to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to organize the Pope’s visit from November 11 to 16, according to a supreme decree published in the country’s official gazette on September 5.

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Shared criteria for discerning new institutes, a delegate for consecrated life in every diocese, and contracts or memoranda of understanding covering formation, gender equality, remuneration and the administration of assets. And an ad limina Visit prepared with the entire local Church, experienced as an “exchange of gifts” in a dialogue that is not “one-directional”, and subject to independent evaluation.

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The pattern of giving has been particularly striking. The average donation has been around €200—approximately twice the average single donation in France in 2024—and some contributions have exceeded €10,000.

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The pattern of donations has been particularly striking. The average donation has hovered around 200 euros -- approximately double the average individual donation in France in 2024 -- and some contributions have exceeded 10,000 euros.

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The agreement aimed at resolving the serious dispute over the liturgy within the Syro-Malabar Church was implemented for the first time yesterday at the Cathedral Basilica of St Mary in Kochi, which had become the epicentre of the tensions.

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A recent court ruling in Athens has brought an old controversy into sharp new focus, concluding—on the basis of testimony and evidence examined during litigation—that the flame is lit through human intervention rather than appearing through a supernatural event

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