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- Bonifatiuswerk launches nationwide diaspora campaign in Hildesheim
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- Post for a Catholic Information and Media Center
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- Bonifatiuswerk publishes Annual Report
- CATHOLIC PRIESTS IN GERMANY DONATE 5.3 MILLION EUROS
- 12 Millionen Euro für Katholiken in der Diaspora
DIASPORA CAMPAIGN "BECOME A MESSENGER OF LOVE!"
Bishops from Northern and Eastern Europe visit the Diocese of Hildesheim
04.11.2021
On the eve of the launch of the diaspora campaign, three bishops from Northern Europe and Latvia will be guests in parishes of the Diocese of Hildesheim to celebrate mass at 6 p.m. and report on the situation of the Catholic Church in their home countries.
The visits will take place as part of the nationwide diaspora campaign of the Bonifatiuswerk, which will be celebrated on Sunday at 10 a.m. with a pontifical mass in Hildesheim Cathedral. With this annual campaign, the aid organisation draws attention to Catholic Christians who live their faith in a minority in society. This year, the campaign has the motto "Become a messenger of love!".
LATVIAN BISHOP VISITS BRAUNSCHWEIG
On Saturday, Archbishop Zbigņevs Stankevičs will visit St. Aegidien. He has been in charge of the Archdiocese of Riga since 2010. The 66-year-old is one of four Catholic bishops in the Baltic country. The percentage of Catholics in Latvia is around 18%.
BISHOP FROM ICELAND VISITS WOLFSBURG
David Tencer, who originally comes from Slovakia, was appointed Bishop of Reykjavik in 2015. The diocese covers the entire island. There, the percentage of Catholics is around 4%. On Saturday evening he will visit the Parish of St. Marien.
BISHOP FROM NORWAY VISITS HANOVER
On Saturday Bishop Varden will visit the Parish of Maria Trost. Varden was appointed Bishop of the Territorial Prelature of Trondheim in 2019, which does not have the status of a Catholic diocese. There, the percentage of Catholics is around 2%.
Diaspora-Aktionseröffnung
Die feierliche Eröffnung der diesjährigen Diaspora-Aktion, mit der das Bonifatiuswerk auf die Herausforderungen katholischer Christen und Christinnen in der Diaspora aufmerksam macht, findet am 7. November um 10 Uhr in Hildesheim statt. Die Eröffnung kann bei domradio, EWTN und auf der Homepage des Bonifatiuswerkes life verfolgt werden.