Relations between Germany and the Holy See

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The Federal Foreign Office describes the relationship between Germany and the Holy See as traditionally good. Germany is a member and the Holy See is a permanent observer at the United Nations .

Germany has had an embassy in the Holy See since 1920 ; the Holy See is represented by an Apostolic Nunciature in Berlin .

history

The history of relations between Germany on the one hand and the Holy See or the Vatican or the Pope on the other are often related to the history of the Roman Catholic Church in Germany . This must be seen against the background that despite all the independent activities of the dioceses, the Pope is the head of the Catholic Church, so that communication has always been necessary. The first Catholic diocese on today's German territory, the Diocese of Trier , was founded (at the earliest) in the 3rd century AD - that is, in Roman times . Various relationships have existed since then. At the contractual level, these are often expressed as concordats . Important concordats in the German context are the Worms Concordat of 1122, which settled the investiture dispute, and the Reich Concordat of 1933, which regulates bilateral relations and which is still valid today. Another important example are the eight German popes - depending on the territory considered - (see list of German popes ), who mainly worked in the 11th century.

Federal President Karl Carstens receives Pope John Paul II , 1980

Except for Hadrian VI, who was born in Utrecht in what is now the Netherlands (at that time part of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation ) in 1522 . was thus Benedict XVI, who came from Bavaria and was in office from 2005 to 2013 . the first German Pope of modern times and the longest-serving of them. This election of the Pope has certainly given new impetus to German-Vatican relations, especially since Benedict XVI. Visited Germany several times during his term of office ( World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne , Pope's visit to Germany in 2006 and Pope's visit to Germany in 2011 ).

Important German-speaking Catholic institutions in Rome

See also

Web links

Commons : Relations between Germany and the Holy See  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Welcome to the message of the Holy See (German and Italian) . Retrieved January 11, 2012.
  2. ↑ Apostolic Nunciature in Germany . Retrieved January 6, 2012.