Thema: Priester

Priester bricht während Trauung tot zusammen

Seeon – Während der Trauung eines Brautpaares ist im oberbayerischen Kloster Seeon ein Priester tot zusammengebrochen. Der 47 Jahre alte Pater erlitt am Samstag in der Klosterkirche St. Lambert einen Herzinfarkt, wie der örtliche Pfarrer Hans Huber am Dienstag Medienberichte bestätigte. Während eines Gebets zu Beginn der Zeremonie war der...

25.09.2012

Ackermann unter Kritik

Bistum Trier lässt pädophile Priester unter Auflagen weiterarbeiten

Hamburg – Pädophile Priester dürfen im Bistum Trier unter Auflagen weiterarbeiten. Diese würden aber nicht in der Kinder- und Jugendarbeit eingesetzt, ließ der Trierer Bischof und Missbrauchsbeauftragte der Deutschen Bischofskonferenz, Stephan Ackermann, am Sonntag in einer Stellungnahme mitteilen. Darin hieß es: "Es ist nur noch ein...

18.03.2012

NTD: Into a Buddhist temple in Tokyo

Japan Prays for Disaster Closure

Priests march solemnly into a Buddhist temple in Tokyo. They are offering prayers for the 23,000 people who died in the earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan in March. The ceremony comes on the 100-day anniversary of the catastrophe. Priests here are hoping the prayers, which mark the end of the traditional Buddhist funerary period, will...

21.06.2011

NTD

Pope Benedict Exonerates Jews for Death of Jesus Christ

In a new book due out this week, Pope Benedict writes that Jews are not responsible for Jesus Christ's death. Excerpts from the second volume of "Jesus of Nazareth" drew praise from the Jewish community. But Rome's head rabbi questioned whether such a declaration was necessary. [Riccardo Di Segni, Head Rabbi in Rome]: "I'd say, with the...

08.03.2011

NTDTV

Pope Benedict Marks Fifth Anniversary

The fifth anniversary of the election of Pope Benedict has been clouded by a worldwide sex abuse scandal that's engulfed the Roman Catholic Church. In 2005 the world watched as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected the 265th pope, taking the name Benedict XVI and becoming the first German cardinal to be elected pontiff. But the...

20.04.2010

NTDTV

German Catholic Church Addresses Sex Abuse Issue

The Roman Catholic Church in Germany on Tuesday opened a hotline for victims of child abuse. A new poll shows that the abuse scandal could cost the Church some of its membership. Speaking for the German Bishop's Conference on sexual abuse, Bishop Stephan Ackermann of the Trier diocese says the hotline will help bring clarity to the abuse...

01.04.2010