Michael Broch

Michael Broch (* 1943 in Ulm ) is a Roman Catholic clergyman and publicist . He works as a radio pastor and one of the speakers for the television program Das Wort zum Sonntag .

education

Michael Broch studied Catholic theology in Freiburg and Tübingen , where he passed his state examination with Joseph Ratzinger . At the Institute for the Promotion of Young Journalists (IFP) in Munich, he completed a journalistic training for theologians.

Live and act

From 1975 to 1997 Broch was pastor in Mössingen . Since 1977 he has been writing radio programs and contributions in SWR and its predecessor channels SWF and SDR , as well as in DLF and Deutschlandradio . Until September 2013 he is the representative of the Rottenburg-Stuttgart diocese at SWR . Since 2009 he has been the spokesman for Wort zum Sonntag on ARD . He works for various magazines and publishes his own publications.

After a newspaper interview critical of the Pope, Broch gave up the post of spiritual director of the IFP in Munich after a few weeks. Apparently he had been urged to do so by members of the German Bishops' Conference .

He is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and the Society of Catholic Publicists in Germany .

Michael Broch lives in the Haigerloch district of Bad Imnau in the Zollernalb district .

Publications (selection)

• From resurrection to doubt. Re-telling the faith . Schwabenverlag, Ostfildern 2001, ISBN 3-7966-1029-3 .
• Jesus: Think and believe with your heart. Catholic Bible work, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-460-27173-9 .
• Unfathomably close: Searching for traces of God. Patmos-Verlag, Ostfildern 2013, ISBN 978-3-8436-0324-9 .

Web links

• Michael Broch at the Catholic radio work
• Presentation as speaker at the word for Sunday ( Memento from April 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Leonberger Kreiszeitung dated April 2, 2013, page III, accessed on April 2, 2013.
2. ↑ "This Pope drives the church to the wall" ( Memento of the original from June 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Stuttgarter-Nachrichten.de, May 22, 2010, accessed on April 2, 2013. 
3. ↑ Pastor Michael Broch gives up new office ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Stuttgarter-Nachrichten.de, August 14, 2010, accessed on April 2, 2013.