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Clockwise from left: Bishop Stefan Oster, shown speaking with Register senior editor Jonathan Liedl, is committed to the New Evangelization. Praise and worship is offered at HOME Base; religious imagery adorns the public places of Passau, once the largest diocese of the Holy Roman Empire and still the most Catholic in Germany. Catholics like Joseph and Sophia Biedermann and their young daughter and Katharina Hauser, an adviser for the New Evangelization in the diocesan office, are committed to their faith.

Living the New Evangelization in Old Bavaria

In contrast to prevailing trends in German Catholicism, the Diocese of Passau is embracing an approach that emphasizes articulating the Catholic faith in new ways.

Jonathan Liedl World March 23, 2023

The statue of Our Lady of Altötting stands in the Gnadenkappell in Bavaria, Germany

Bavaria’s ‘Spiritual Heart’ Is Still Pumping in Altötting

Known as the ‘Lourdes of Germany,’ the Marian shrine is not just a symbol of the region’s Catholic past, but is also at the heart of its renewal.

Jonathan Liedl Blogs March 20, 2023

Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer, Pope emeritus Benedict XVI, and Archbishop Georg Gänswein with the nativity scene on Dec. 8, 2021.

Benedict XVI Receives Nativity Scene From Homeland of Bavaria

Regensberg diocese posted photographs on social media showing the 94-year-old pope emeritus seated between Bishop Voderholzer and Archbishop Gänswein, who was holding one of the two nativity scenes.

CNA Staff Vatican December 9, 2021

Pope emeritus Benedict XVI waves at the airport in Munich, southern Germany, before his departure on June 22, 2020.

Pope Benedict XVI Returns Home to Rome After Visiting Ill Brother in Germany

According to the Regensburg diocese, Pope Benedict stayed at his Pentling home and in its garden for about 45 minutes, and was reportedly moved by old family portraits.

Courtney Mares/CNA. Vatican June 22, 2020