ZdK v. AfD: A new battle line in the German Church

A prominent German lay leader has called for members of a surging hard-right political party to be excluded from Church offices.

A prominent German lay leader has provoked debate with a call for members of a surging hard-right political party to be excluded from holding Church offices.

Irme Stetter-Karp, president of the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK), speaks during a February 2022 assembly of Germany’s synodal way. © Synodaler Weg/Maximilian von Lachner. 

Irme Stetter…