Press Release Archive 2016

A new year lies before us. What will it bring? No one can say. Forecasts may turn out wrong – we saw evidence of that in 2016. Astrological predictions rarely prove true. The future, even the very near future, is open in many respects, and full of...

On the invitation of Frans Timmermans, First Vice President of the European Commission, European religious leaders today met with high-ranking representatives of the European Union in Brussels for their annual encounter. Timmermans is responsible in...

Today, on 9 November, the third session of the 12th Synod of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) closed with a service in St. Paul’s Church, Magdeburg. “The Synod has sent a signal against social division and for the overcoming of borders between...

A few days have passed since the launching of the year marking the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Now the Synod of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) has convened in Magdeburg to define its theological and policy guidelines for the coming...

Reformation Day 2016 (31 October) rang in a year of celebrations to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. The festive events were entirely devoted to further steps of ecumenical convergence between the mainline Christian churches. For the...

The Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) today (31 October) opened the celebrations of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation at a festive service at St Mary’s Church with the theme “God is our refuge and strength”. Over 1000 guests from cultural and...