An interesting article in katholische.de
According to the chairman of the German Bishops' Conference (DBK), Bishop Georg Bätzing, there will be no female...
An interesting article in katholische.de
According to the chairman of the German Bishops' Conference (DBK), Bishop Georg Bätzing, there will be no female...
Asian Lay Leaders Forum (ALL Forum) 2025
As part of the forum, participants spend three days with local people
17 August 2025
In the morning,...
16 August to 26 August 2025, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
I took part in this forum, held every August for young people aged 20 to 30 from Southeast Asia,...
with grateful thanks to Rachael for taking the notes
Leader:...
Pune, Sept 8, 2025
A total of 102 participants from across India gathered August 30-31 at Pune’s Jnana Deepa to address...
This year's cycling week organised by WAC Austria and WAC Germany took place in and around Vienna. Two mornings were devoted to Vienna's city centre (on...
Interview with Elza Ferrario, Coordinator of Noi Siamo Chiesa
29 August 2025
We Are Church, an international network for ecclesial renovation, recently...
Martin Schockenhoff from Wir Sind Kirche, Germany, is...
As a student in Trinity College Dublin, Soline...
We Are Church at the 2025 Asian Youth Academy /Asian Theology Forum in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Martin Schockenhoff from Wir Sind Kirche, Germany, is representing We Are Church at this year's forum. He is pictured with friends from past years.
"As a relevant spiritual formation project for young activists, the AYA/ATF places much emphasis on their religious identity amid the all-things-mixed global world. It also aims to make them what Pope Francis calls “missionary disciples” armed with strong Christian identity with socio-political awareness, socio-cultural analysis and spiritualty."
The emphasis at this year's forum is on:
A lecture by Professor Emerita Helen King from St Paul's Cathedral, London
Over the course of Western history, how have religion and medicine worked together to tell women how their bodies work, and what they should do with them? How have Eve and Mary been used to convey these messages, and how has their role been challenged? Helen King explores the potential of both Christianity and medicine to work towards a healthier approach to the body.
Helen King is Professor Emerita at The Open University, where she researched and taught the history of the body. She is an elected lay member of the Church of England's General Synod and a trustee of WATCH (Women and the Church). Her latest book is 'Immaculate Forms: Uncovering the History of Women's Bodies'.
Dr. Birgit Weiler, MMS, is a German missionary and theology professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. A scholar of synodality and the Catholic Church in Latin America and in the Amazon region, Professor Weiler is a member of the Congregation of the Medical Missionary Sisters. She has lived for more than 35 years in Peru, where she works with the Episcopal Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA) and the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM).
