Manfred Lütz

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Manfred Lütz (2019)

Manfred Lütz (born March 18, 1954 in Bonn ) is a German psychiatrist , psychotherapist , Roman Catholic theologian , advisor to the Vatican and author . He has headed the Alexianer Hospital in Cologne since 1997 .

Life

Origin and family

Manfred Lütz is the only son from the marriage of Manfred Lütz sen. and Mechthildis Freiin von Quernheim . His father was a lawyer , his mother a pharmacist . His great uncle Paulus van Husen was a member of the Kreisau Circle .

Lütz has been married to Princess Isabelle zu Löwenstein-Wertheim- Rosenberg since 1995 . The couple has two daughters and lives in Bornheim near Bonn.

Career and medical profession

Lütz studied medicine , philosophy and Catholic theology in Bonn and Rome . In 1979 he obtained his license to practice medicine and in 1982 his diploma in Catholic theology. During his studies he became a member of the KDStV Bavaria Bonn in the CV .

Lütz first became a specialist in neurology , later also in psychiatry and psychotherapy . From 1989 he worked as a senior physician of the psychiatric ward of St. Mary's Hospital in Euskirchen active as well as Chief of the Clinic Saint Martin in Euskirchen-Stotzheim , a specialist clinic for alcohol and drug-dependent men. Since 1997 he has been chief physician at the Alexianer Hospital in Cologne-Porz , a specialist hospital for psychiatry, psychotherapy and neurology, whose catchment area includes the entire south of Cologne .

Among other things, Lütz is trained in systemic , solution-oriented , behavioral and psychoanalytic psychotherapy . In 2003 he founded the Alexian Therapy Forum , a series of advanced training courses at the Alexian Hospital with training seminars and lectures by international speakers in the field of psychotherapy.

Non-professional activities

social commitment

Manfred Lütz founded the integrative youth group "Brücke-Krücke" in Bonn in 1981 , in which disabled and non-disabled youth and young adults from Bonn and the surrounding area work together without professional support. Since then, Lütz has been volunteering for the initiative, which is affiliated with the Catholic Youth Agency in Bonn. He prepares annual trips and takes part in events. The group includes around 200 disabled and non-disabled people.

Church and Vatican advisors

In 2003, Pope John Paul II appointed Lütz as Consultor of the Congregation for the Clergy . In the same year he organized a congress on "Abuse of children and young people by Catholic priests and religious" in the Vatican. In the Archdiocese of Cologne, he was a member of the pastoral office's staff from 2006 onwards, dealing with and examining cases of sexual abuse of minors by clergy and laypeople in the pastoral service . Lütz himself was a member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity under three Popes until 2016 . He advised on the creation of the Youcat youth catechism . From the beginning of the 2000s he was a corresponding member of the Pontifical Academy for Life , from 2004 a full member , in whose Directory he was appointed in March 2005 for the term of office until 2010. After the restructuring of the academy as part of the curia reform, he was reappointed a full member by Pope Francis in 2017 and is considered a supporter of the opening and renewal of the body enforced by the Pope. Pope Francis appointed him a member of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life on October 6, 2018 .

Book author and media presence

After his essay “The Blocked Giant” (1999), which was mainly respected within the church , Manfred Lütz has been active as a book author for a broader audience since 2002 and achieved greater fame through several bestsellers . In his books, from the perspective of the psychotherapist, he deals with general issues of lifestyle and modern culture, religion and the conditions in the Catholic Church and in psychiatry, sometimes in a humorous and satirical way . Manfred Lütz has also been active and in demand as a lecturer , speaker and interview partner for many years. Since 2006 Lütz has occasionally performed as a cabaret artist . As a discussion partner on psychiatric and psychotherapeutic topics, he has often participated in television programs and, in the run-up to the conclave of 2005 and 2013 , took part in prominent panel discussions as a church expert . In March 2013, as a commentator for ZDF and Phoenix , he accompanied the live broadcasts of the papal election at the 2013 conclave and the subsequent events of the inauguration of the new Pope in Rome .

Manfred Lütz's best-known book is “Irre! We treat the wrong ones. Our problem are the normals ”(2009), the paperback edition of which was on the Spiegel bestseller list for 106 weeks. In 2013, he created a television program with the Cologne cabaret artist Jürgen Becker . His book "Bluff: The Fake of the World" (2012) was also at the top of the Spiegel bestseller list . Other frequently mentioned books are “Lust for Life: Against the Diet Sadists, the Health Mania and the Fitness Cult” (2002) and “God: A Little Story of the Greatest” (2007) and “How You Inevitably Become Happy. A Psychology of Success ”(2015). In 2016 he published a volume of conversations with the Auschwitz survivor Jehuda Bacon . His book The Scandal of Scandals , published in 2018, was one of the two best-selling titles from Herder-Verlag in 2018.

In various articles z. In 2010, for example , Lütz emphasized in the FAZ that abuse by Catholic priests was worse than any other abuse, but at the same time he opposed seeing the church as a scapegoat and ignoring the social context of the 1970s. Society as a whole has a responsibility here. In 2018 he commented on the so-called " MHG study " published by the German Bishops' Conference and called it "spectacularly unsuccessful".

Church movements

To this day, Lütz is committed to the advancement of various new spiritual movements that became influential in Rome during the pontificate of John Paul II and for whose coordination the retired German cardinal Cordes was responsible in the Vatican for many years. For the 2017 book about "the value of human life" ( Brother Death. Live in Dignity and Die in Dignity ) by Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia , who is one of the founders of the spiritual community of Sant'Egidio , and the book on the occasion of the community's world peace meeting in Germany, Manfred Lütz wrote the foreword.

honors and awards

Publications (selection)

Research / science

Church and Society

Guide / wisdom

Conversation books

  • with Jehuda Bacon : “As long as we live, we have to choose.” Life after Auschwitz. Manfred Lütz in conversation with the Jewish artist and Holocaust survivor Jehuda Bacon. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2016, ISBN 978-3-579-07089-6 .

Web links

Wikiquote: Manfred Lütz  - Quotes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The psychotherapist and theologian Manfred Lütz in conversation with Joachim Scholl. In: DLF (broadcast “Zwischenentöne”), October 18, 2015, accessed on November 6, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Author profile Manfred Lütz , Random House publishing group , accessed on November 6, 2017.
  3. ↑ Alexian Therapy Forum (order homepage), accessed in November 2017.
  4. ↑ a b Welcome to Brücke-Krücke! Homepage of the initiative, accessed on November 6, 2017.
  5. ↑ Lilo Göttermann (Ed.): Lateral thinking 2014. The most important from politics, economy and culture. Knaur, Munich 2013, therein: Manfred Lütz (publisher's author profile).
  6. ↑ Rinunce e nomine, September 4, 2003 ( Holy See Press Office ), accessed November 2017.
  7. ^ Official Journal of the Archdiocese of Cologne, Volume 146, Item 11, October 1, 2006, p. 200.
  8. ↑ a b Manfred Lütz: Sensitive and simply convincing. In: Die Welt , February 28, 2013, accessed November 2017.
  9. ↑ Dr. Manfred Lütz (Youcat advisor and member of the Papal Council for the Laity) explains the purpose of the new youth catechism. In: Domradio , March 24, 2011, accessed November 2017.
  10. ↑ Rinunce e nomine, August 4, 2004 (Holy See Press Office), call in November 2017th
  11. ↑ Il Papa e la Santa Sede, March 23, 2005 ( Memento of November 7, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) ( Vatican Radio ), accessed in November 2017.
  12. ^ Nomina di Membri Ordinari della Pontificia Accademia per la Vita, June 13, 2017 (Holy See Press Office), accessed November 2017.
  13. ^ Pope calls Germans to the Academy for Life. In: Katholisch.de , accessed November 2017.
  14. ^ Nomina di Membri e Consultori del Dicastero per i Laici, la Famiglia e la Vita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, October 6, 2018, accessed October 9, 2018 (Italian).
  15. ↑ Klaus Berger (theologian) : Soul, your Savior is free from ties. In: FAZ , October 28, 1999, accessed on November 7, 2017 (review).
  16. ↑ a b c Hope carrier award 2012 for Dr. Manfred Lütz. In: Rems-Zeitung , January 16, 2013, accessed on November 6, 2017.
  17. ^ A b Henryk M. Broder : Doctor, author and a Rhenish Voltaire. In: Die Welt , January 22, 2011, accessed November 6, 2017.
  18. ^ ZDF documentary by Jürgen Erbacher: Alienated? Pope Benedict XVI and the Germans. ( Memento of November 7, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Posted on February 11, 2013, retrieved from the program database in November 2017 (online until April 15, 2018).
  19. ↑ Wojtyla's legacy. Which Pope does the Church need? ZDF, April 18, 2005, moderation: Michaela Pilters , guests u. a .: Hermann Schalück , Michael Matheus (source: ZDF yearbook 2005 );
    ZDF talk show Maybrit Illner , February 14, 2013, u. a. with Klaus Mertes (source: The Catholic Church in German Talk Shows, Münster Forum for Theology and Church (MFThK) on www.muenster.de );
    Sources accessed November 2017.
  20. ↑ PHOENIX live program . In: Gateo (online program guide), March 27, 2013 (review), viewed November 2017.
  21. ^ Lütz, Manfred - crazy! - We treat the wrong people. In: buchreport.de. Harenberg Kommunikation Verlags- und Medien-GmbH & Co. KG, accessed on November 20, 2017 .
  22. ↑ Press release of the Alexian Order of September 18, 2013, accessed on November 6, 2017.
  23. ↑ https://www.buchreport.de/rankings/verlage/368.htm/
  24. ↑ https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/canisius-kolleg-die-kirche-und-die-kinder-1936848.html
  25. ↑ http://katholisch-informiert.ch/2011/07/kirche-als-sundenbock-padophilie/
  26. ↑ https://www.zi-mannheim.de/forschung/forschungsverbuende/mhg-studie-sexueller-missrauch.html
  27. ^ Manfred Lütz: Abuse study inadequate and counterproductive. In: The daily mail . September 25, 2018, accessed April 14, 2019 .
  28. ↑ Hanspeter Oschwald : In the name of the Holy Father. Heyne, Munich 2010, pp. 113-116 u. ö.
  29. ↑ Manfred Lütz: The dying need us to be close. In: Kirche heute , November 2017.
  30. ^ "Corine" award for "Gott" author Manfred Lütz. In: pro Christliches Medienmagazin , October 30, 2008, accessed on November 6, 2017.
  31. ^ Papal distinction for theologians and psychiatrists Lütz. In: Kathpress , October 13, 2010, as seen on November 6, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Lütz, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German psychiatrist, Catholic theologian, bestselling author and Vatican advisor
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn