Erfurt: A Central German City Attacked by Suspect Suspect - Catholic President Declares Revolutionary Catholic Day
The head of the Central Committee of German Catholics calls the close collaboration between the two main Christian churches at the Catholic Day a blueprint for the future. "The essential, progressive feature of this Catholic Day in Erfurt was that it exhibited an ecumenical scope amounting to something of a largely ignored revolution," said the President of the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK), Irme Stetter-Karp, at the conclusion of the Catholic Day.
Catholics met not only with members of the Evangelical Church, but also with Muslims, Jews, and individuals with non-religious backgrounds, as Stetter-Karp continued. Future Catholic Days will be evaluated based on this "ecumenical scope."
The German Bishops' Conference Chair, Georg Bätzing, referred to the event as an "ecumenical Catholic Day." Bätzing added that it was quite extraordinary for the Chair of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany, Kirsten Fehrs, to take part in the Catholic Day for five days. "That's a powerful symbol of solidarity for me," he stated.
According to the General Secretary of the ZdK, Marc Frings, Protestant representatives played a role in significant roles during the planning of the Catholic Day for the first time.
The organizers of this large-scale religious event were generally pleased with the outcome. With an estimated 20,000 visitors, 20,000 season tickets were sold, and an additional 3,000 day tickets were purchased, as per the managing director of the Catholic Day, Roland Vilsmaier. With estimates of the number of attendees at external events, the total attendance across the five days of the Catholic Day was estimated to be 40,000. The event mostly ran without incidents - aside from the protests by climate activists of the Last Generation near Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) on the main stage.
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The Catholic Day in Erfurt, which took place on a specific Sunday, was hailed by the President of the Central Committee of German Catholics as a blueprint for the future, due to its ecumenical scope that brought together Catholics, Christians from other denominations, Muslims, Jews, and non-religious individuals.
In the future, the success of Catholic Days will be evaluated based on this ecumenical scope, as outlined by Irme Stetter-Karp.
The event, recognized as an "ecumenical Catholic Day" by the German Bishops' Conference Chair, Georg Bätzing, saw significant involvement of Protestant representatives in its planning for the first time.
Despite minor protests by climate activists, the Catholic Day in Thuringia's Erfurt was largely incident-free, attracting an estimated 40,000 visitors over five days.
