Hans-Joachim Kracht

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Hans-Joachim Kracht (born September 15, 1940 in Cologne ) is a German historian , theologian and journalist.

Life

Hans-Joachim Kracht graduated from the Apostle High School in Cologne in 1961 . He then studied theology , history , German , pedagogy, philosophy and journalism in Bonn, Cologne, Rome and Münster. Since 1967 he has been a member of the Catholic student association KDStV Rhineland Cologne. He later became a member of the KAV Capitolina Rome .

From 1967 to 1969 he was assistant to Professor Eduard Hegel . 1969–1973 he led the training of development workers and supervised development aid projects . In 1971 he was promoted to Dr. theol. doctorate and worked as a research assistant at the University of Cologne (1973–1977). At the request of Joseph Cardinal Höffner , Kracht took over the office of archivist at the Historical Archives of the Archdiocese of Cologne to continue the case of Adolph Kolping in Rome (beatification: October 27, 1991).

Then he went to the newspaper Osservatore Romano as editor-in-chief of the weekly edition in German. In 1998 he was appointed Consultor of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Città del Vaticano, and in 2001 he retired as Editor-in-Chief of the Osservatore.

In 2005 he was reappointed a consultor. He was involved in the cases Anna Maria Tauscher van den Bosch (1855-1938) , founder of the Carmelites of the Divine Heart of Jesus (DCJ) (beatification: May 13, 2006) and Rosa Flesch (1826-1906), the founder of the order of Franciscan Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Angels (Walbreitbach Franciscan Sisters) [Beatification: May 4, 2008].

Kracht published works on the history of the workers' movement in the Rhineland and on Adolph Kolping . He was the editor and editor of the Cologne list of saints and relics by Jakob Torsy. His big name day calendar , which appeared in 2002, he revised. He also published journal articles and newspaper articles. Most recently he published a Lexicon of Cardinals 1058-2010 in eight volumes.

Publications

author

  • Lexicon of the Cardinals 1058-2010 , with the collaboration of Pamela Santoni, (Libelli Rhenani 45), Volume 1, Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-939160-37-3 - previously: 6/1: Letter L, Cologne 2017, ISBN 978 -3-939160-77-9
  • History of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Pantaleon in Cologne 950-1250 In: Studies on Cologne Church History Volume 11, Schmitt, Siegburg 1975, ISBN 3-87710-067-8 (also dissertation at the University of Münster (Westphalia) , Faculty of Catholic Theology, 1969 / 70).
  • Adolph Kolping: social pedagogue and adult educator. In: Cologne biographies. Volume 9, News Office d. City of Cologne, Cologne 1977.
  • Adult education and social work in the Cologne journeyman's association (1849–1965). In: Annals of the historical association for the Lower Rhine. Volume 177 (1975).
  • Adolph Kolping - Pictures from Rome . In: Adolph Kolping writings. Cologne edition volume. 6, 1986.
  • Adolph Kolping . Priest, educator, journalist in the service of Christian social reforms. Life and work illustrated from the sources, Herder , Freiburg in Breisgau / Basel / Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-451-21327-3 .
  • Vivere la fede in comunità. Il beato Adolph Kolping e la sua spiritualità , (Quaderni de 'l'Osservatore Romano' 56), Città del Vaticano 2001, ISBN 88-86811-44-6 .

editor

  • Adolph Kolping: documents, diaries, poems. With a foreword by Eduard Hegel . In: Adolph Kolping writings. Cologne edition Volume 1, Kolping-Verlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-921425-00-X .
  • With Jakob Torsy, Philipp Harnoncourt : The big name day calendar: 3900 names and 1700 life descriptions of the saints and namesake. (In connection with the magazine Gottesdienst published by the Liturgical Institutes Salzburg, Trier, Zurich), Completely revised and supplemented edition, Herder , Freiburg in Breisgau / Basel / Vienna 2008 (first edition 1997), ISBN 978-3-451-32043 -9 (with CD-ROM).
  • With Jakob Torsy: Reliquiarium Coloniense . In: Studies on Cologne Church History. Volume 34, Siegburg 2003, ISBN 3-87710-450-9 .
  • John Paul II Legacy and Visions . Benno, Leipzig 2003, ISBN 978-3-7462-1860-1 (with CD-ROM 9: Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven ),
    • the same: With an appreciation from Pope Benedict XVI (without CD-ROM), Leipzig 2005
  • With Wolfgang W. Scherer: Rosa Flesch - passion for people , volume 1 .: Margaretha Rosa Flesch - life and work , 1st edition, Paulinus, Trier 2005, ISBN 3-7902-0332-7 (biography of mother Rosa (Margaretha ) Flesch (1826–1906) founder of the Franciscan Sisters of Waldbreitbach).
  • With Wolfgang W. Scherer: Rosa Flesch - Passion for People , Volume 2 .: Documents , Paulinus, Trier 2008, ISBN 978-3-7902-0334-9
  • With Wolfgang W. Scherer: Rosa Flesch - passion for people , volume 3 .: documents - branches - sisters - statistics - register , Paulinus, Trier 2008, ISBN 978-3-7902-0335-6

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://dombibliothek-koeln.de/.content/.galleries/downloads/libelli_rhenani_inhaltverzeichnis/libelli_45_5_1_toc.pdf
personal data
SURNAME Kracht, Hans-Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian, historian and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne