In June, the annual report on cases of antisemitism in Germany in 2025 was published (compiled by the Association of Research and Information Centers on Antisemitism). In addition to an overall increase in cases, politically motivated incidents involving the German far right increased by 60%, rising from 502 in 2025 to 807 in 2026. The […]
Christ and the “Strongmen”
Hundred Years of the Feast of Christ the King: This Kingdom Is Different. Christ rules not through strength but through devotion. Pope Leo XIV urges us to make the Kingdom of God real by standing in solidarity with the poor. Exactly one hundred years ago, the Feast of Christ the King was celebrated for the […]
The heart of faith beats socially.
Saturday, November 8, in the closing session of the conference “Europe’s loneliness: the Churches and the Union” (see on SettimanaNews), devoted to perspectives on Europe and from Europe, Mons. Heiner Wilmer, Bishop of Hildesheim and delegate of the German Bishops’ Conference to COMECE (Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community), also spoke. Below […]
Nicaea and Us. A Lesson from the Past for Our Impoverished Democracy
On May 20 (375), the Council of Nicaea began, which would than define the divinity of Jesus and the Trinitarian dimension of the Christian God. Heiner Wilmer, Catholic bishop of Hildesheim (Germany), shows how significant ideas for restoring strength and substance to our democracies in crisis are hidden in the structural folds of this Christological […]



