EWTN linked to right-wing extremism in the German mind
EWTN and the AfD – Cherry-picking from a misanthropic ideology Some Catholic media outlets view warnings about the AfD with skepticism. Andreas Püttmann argues against cherry-picking ostensibly Christian elements from a *völkisch*-nationalist ideology. Yesterday, Steffen Zimmermann acknowledged the efforts of Catholics in the Diocese of Magdeburg to uphold human dignity, charity, and democracy in the run-up to the state election. Bishop Gerhard Feige laments that they are being "ridiculed," verbally abused, and "pressured" by the AfD for their resistance against the coarsening of public discourse; the "intensity" of these attacks reminds him of the era of dictatorship. All believers in Germany are called upon to stand against such attempts at intimidation and to support the "little flock" (Luke 12:32) of Catholics in Saxony-Anhalt—to "amplify their voice" (Zimmermann)—in accordance with the image of the Body, in which "all the memb...
