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During a visit to the capitals of the two West African countries Togo and Benin, Bishop Thomas Paul Schirrmacher also took a detour by canoe across Lake Togo for an audience with King Mlapa VI of Togoville.
There is rumor around, that I kissed the hand of Pope Francis or bowed to his ecclesiastical authority. This is fake news.
The new Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance, Bishop Thomas Schirrmacher, talks in an interview with the “Tagespost” about his ecumenical relationship with Pope Francis, about Christian mission and how he met persecuted Christians as a child.
I have been asked, whether my German book on Pope Francis will ever be published in English. The answer is ‘No’.
The national Conferences of Bishops of the Catholic Church worldwide met at the Vatican in February 2019 for a summit on sexual abuse. Time to look back a year later, as much has happened in some countries, but there is no real progress on the global level.
A year ago in April 2019, Pope Benedict published a letter intended to explain how the abuse scandal within the Catholic Church came about – A commentary by Thomas Schirrmacher
These comments were written during Pope Benedict XVI’s term in office, prior to his resignation. References that were current at the time have not been changed.