AFTER THE AFD’S VICTORYThis is how the churches in Germany lost their congregationEssayist Alexander Grau: “Saying that those who vote for Alternative für Deutschland are not Christian will not win back those who have chosen the far right”. The risks and prospects following the triumph in Saxony-AnhaltbyMatteo Matzuzzi12 SEP 26
BETWEEN GOD AND COUNTRYThe AfD’s triumph is also a blow to the ChurchThe appeals from various churches, from the Catholic to the Evangelical, to counter Alternative für Deutschland, have come to nothing. The risk of political ‘retaliation’ is extremely highbyMatteo Matzuzzi7 SEP 26
the postThe Church and the West are in the throes of a crisis of reasonIn many European countries, the Church has lost its identity, and it is here that the West itself has lost the meaning of its own civilisation. A useful lesson may come from Africa. Without any trace of paternalismbyRobert Sarah16 JUL 26