{"id":20885,"date":"2024-11-23T14:50:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T14:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/church-beatifies-german-priest-who-was-executed-by-nazis-in-1944\/"},"modified":"2024-11-23T14:50:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T14:50:12","slug":"church-beatifies-german-priest-who-was-executed-by-nazis-in-1944","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/church-beatifies-german-priest-who-was-executed-by-nazis-in-1944\/","title":{"rendered":"\u6559\u4f1a\u30011944\u5e74\u306b\u30ca\u30c1\u30b9\u306b\u3088\u3063\u3066\u51e6\u5211\u3055\u308c\u305f\u30c9\u30a4\u30c4\u4eba\u53f8\u796d\u3092\u5217\u798f"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>[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). Father Max Josef Metzger, a Catholic priest executed by the Nazi regime in 1944 for his peace activism and ecumenical work, was beatified Sunday in Freiburg, Germany.Cardinal Kurt Koch, prefect\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\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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Father Max Josef Metzger, a Catholic priest executed by the Nazi regime in 1944 for his peace activism and ecumenical work, was beatified Sunday in Freiburg, Germany.Cardinal Kurt Koch, prefect\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-20885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31122,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/german-diocese-allows-use-of-gender-star-symbol-in-messaging-for-certain-ministries\/","url_meta":{"origin":20885,"position":0},"title":"German diocese allows use of \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcgender star\u2019 symbol in messaging for certain ministries","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"4\u6708 6, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"[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. 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