Gregor Gysi is convinced that the major churches in Germany have a unique role in communicating values. At present, only they are still able to "formulate values and moral standards in a halfway general way," said the leader of the parliamentary group of the Left Party on Thursday in Berlin. The political left is currently not in a position to do this. Politics generally and media are there overtaxed. Gysi went on to praise the solidarity among Christians.
"A godless society would be a society without value." So it was no coincidence that the two churches had presented the best poverty report in Germany, he said. That is why, as someone who is not religious, he says: "A godless society would be a society without values." He commented at the presentation of the book "Maximum. How the Pope is changing Germany" by journalist Martin Lohmann, which will go on sale in the next few days. The 59-year-old emphasized that he is an atheist in the sense that he does not believe in God; however, he does not fight religious beliefs or convictions. He went on to express hope for changes in the church's sexual morality, saying that otherwise he would see the acceptance of church values in jeopardy.Gysi expressed his disappointment that Pope Benedict XVI. had been only in Bavaria during his second visit to Germany in August 2006. He would have liked "an excursion into other areas," he said. In response to Lohmann's suggestion that he communicate this to the Pope, the left-wing politician said: "And then I would still like to speak to him.
"Lohmann: Church in Germany versatti Lohmann spoke of an "unbelievably clear, beautiful, finely chiseled language" with which Benedict XVI. reaches the people. Since the election of the pope, people in Germany realized that they had previously had a false image of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. The Pope fascinates because he is authentic.Lohmann said that in Germany there is a saturation and a lack of spirit of optimism in the established church. One does not notice at all, which departure with the pope took place. Thus also new forms of the juvenile Kirchlichkeit did not show up any longer in the organized youth federations.The publisher of the Gutersloh publishing house, Ralf Markmeier, who presented the book to Pope Benedict XVI with Lohmann the previous day at the Vatican. had handed over the book, described the author as "one of the most intimate and long-standing connoisseurs of the pope". Gysi also described the book as worth reading in every respect. "Whether the pope will change Germany, I don't know. But his goal must be to change the world," said the head of the Left Party's parliamentary group