{"id":31122,"date":"2025-04-06T08:09:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T08:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/german-diocese-allows-use-of-gender-star-symbol-in-messaging-for-certain-ministries\/"},"modified":"2025-04-06T08:09:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T08:09:50","slug":"german-diocese-allows-use-of-gender-star-symbol-in-messaging-for-certain-ministries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/german-diocese-allows-use-of-gender-star-symbol-in-messaging-for-certain-ministries\/","title":{"rendered":"Diocesi tedesca consente l\u2019uso del simbolo del \u201cgender star\u201d nelle comunicazioni per alcuni ministeri"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>[ad_1] The liturgical procession outside the Freiburg Cathedral on Nov. 17, 2024, where Cardinal Kurt Koch, prefect of the Vatican\u2019s Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, presided over the beatification Mass Father Max Josef Metzger. Metzger was a Catholic priest executed by the Nazi regime in 1944 for his peace activism and ecumenical work. \/ Courtesy of the Archdiocese of Freiburg (Germany) Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 5, 2025 \/ 11:15 am (CNA). German diocese allows use of \u2018gender star\u2019 symbol in\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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German diocese allows use of \u2018gender star\u2019 symbol in\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-31122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20885,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/church-beatifies-german-priest-who-was-executed-by-nazis-in-1944\/","url_meta":{"origin":31122,"position":0},"title":"Church beatifies German priest who was executed by Nazis in 1944","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Novembre 23, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Father Max Josef Metzger, a Catholic priest executed by the Nazi regime in 1944 for his peace activism and ecumenical work, was beatified Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, in Freiburg, Germany. \/ Credit: Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of Freiburg, Germany CNA Newsroom, Nov 21, 2024 \/ 12:00 pm (CNA). 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