It's Sunday, just before midnight, and I'm lying on my bed in my beautiful little apartment in Rome. Chris Wetschka, the pastoral assistant at the Caritas community in Vienna, just sent me an email calling for a text for the next "Context": "What Unites Us." The original motto: "Let us therefore pursue what contributes to … Continue reading Habemus Papam – What unites us
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My beloved Amazonia
"The Pope is letting German reformers down," says a comment in the German weekly "Die Zeit". What had happened? Last October the "Amazon Synod” took place in the Vatican. This congress dealt with the pressing problems of the church in the Amazon forest, which spreads over nine South American countries. The final document of the … Continue reading My beloved Amazonia
Vienna Calling 