Sophia Kuby

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Sophia Kuby (born June 13, 1981 in Starnberg ) is a German conservative Catholic activist . She was spokeswoman for the "Generation Benedict" and now leads the life rights group European Dignity Watch .

Life

Kuby is the daughter of the Christian publicist and translator Gabriele Kuby and the granddaughter of the publicist Erich Kuby . From 2002 to 2008 she studied philosophy at the University of Philosophy in Munich and wrote her master's thesis (MA) on Nicomachean ethics . She spent stays abroad at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in Santiago and in Paris and Princeton, New Jersey.

In 2000 she joined the Catholic Church , until then without a denomination . She became the spokeswoman for the media network “Generation Benedikt” and a member of the Emmanuel spiritual community . She is an avowed anti- abortionist and volunteers as deputy chairwoman and federal youth commissioner for the Christian Democrats for Life (CDL). In 2008 she was co-organizer of the World Youth Days in Sydney. Then she was marketing manager at a Landshut media company. In 2010 she founded the NGO European Dignity Watch in Brussels, of which she is now Executive Director. The organization is vehemently against gender equality and criticizes the policy of the European Union in this regard . Among other things, she also takes a critical position against the so-called morning-after pill .

Kuby joined the talk shows of Anne Will , Sandra Maischberger and Maybrit Illner , the WDR magazine west.art and the interviewee of bpb youth magazine fluter , the Catholic online magazine kath.net , the Catholic television station EWTN and the Catholic news agency Zenit on . She wrote a guest article for the Preussische Allgemeine Zeitung .

She appeared as a speaker a. a. at the Forum of German Catholics, at the Bioethics Academy of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung , at the Weikersheim Study Center , and at the Library of Conservatism . In 2012 and 2013 she played a leading role in the demonstration March for Life in Berlin. In 2014 she debated the 99th German Catholic Day in Regensburg on the subject of pregnancy conflict counseling .

Generation Benedict

Kuby appeared publicly until 2013 as a spokeswoman for the media network "Generation Benedikt" (today: "Initiative Pontifex"). This initiative sees itself as an international network of Catholics loyal to the Pope. In connection with her entry into the church, she speaks of a "huge expansion of my perspective". So she attested Pope Benedict XVI. a "radical will [s] to enlightenment". She stated on a talk show: “I find him credible. He gives me orientation for my life. ”In general, Pope Benedict sees her as a“ real friend of the youth ”.

Criticism and reception

According to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , which relies on media archives, Kuby is "a pilgrim of the 'Benedict generation' and Bavarian conservatives ". She supports the marriage between man and woman, love in partnership, the woman's career renunciation and a single-income household.

In 2012, the Evangelical News Agency Idea reported that Kuby and other anti- abortion opponents had been blacklisted by the European Parliamentary Forum for Population and Development (EPF), a pro-choice initiative, named “Top 27 European Anti-choice Personalities” has been.

Publications

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ University of Philosophy (Ed.): Annual Report 2007/08 . Munich 2008, p. 59.
  2. ↑ a b About us ( Memento of May 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), European Dignity Watch, accessed on October 26, 2013.
  3. ↑ Life testimony: "I thought it couldn't hurt" , Archdiocese of Vienna , accessed on November 6, 2013.
  4. ↑ Setting off - who, with whom, where? ( Memento from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) In: Christ in der Gegenwart , 22/2012.
  5. ↑ The board of directors . Christian Democrats for Life , accessed December 7, 2014.
  6. ↑ Young activists for the rights of life want to march together with the bishops . kath.net, January 20, 2010.
  7. ^ Program Bioethics Academy , Eichholz Castle Education Center , October / November 2013.
  8. ↑ Sandra Schulz: Pilgrim: Benedict XVI. is a father figure for young people , Deutschlandfunk , July 17, 2008.
  9. ↑ Lebensschützer open office in Brussels . kath.net, January 12, 2010.
  10. ^ Judith Samson, Willy Jansen, Catrien Notermans: “The Gender Agenda”: ​​New Strategies in Catholic Fundamentalist Framing of Non-Heterosexuality in Europe . In: Journal of Religion in Europe 4 (2011), pp. 273–299, here: p. 284.
  11. ↑ No morning-after pill without a potentially abortive effect on the market , kath.net , February 26, 2013.
  12. ↑ a b c Alexander Kissler : Church exit live . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , April 12, 2010.
  13. ↑ Caroline Stern: Christianity as a fairy tale, niqab as a normative option . In: Die Welt , October 10, 2012.
  14. ^ A b c Matthias Hannemann: The end of the scrapping premium . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , April 17, 2009.
  15. ↑ Florian Beisswanger: We are all sinners ( memento of October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). In: fluter , September 18, 2011.
  16. ↑ Interview with Sophia Kuby . kath.net, Easter 2013.
  17. ↑ Christina Link-Blumrath: Interview with Sophia Kuby . EWTN , accessed November 3, 2013.
  18. ↑ Church crisis? "Ultimately it is about healing, about cleansing and recovery" . Zenit , May 7, 2010.
  19. ↑ Sophia Kuby: The humanity of the world begins at the crib . In: Preussische Allgemeine Zeitung , December 25, 2011.
  20. ^ Forum German Catholics (ed.): "Joy in faith". The Church and its concern for the people . Kaufering 2011, no p.
  21. ^ Academy of Bioethics: October / November 2013 , Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, accessed on December 7, 2014.
  22. ^ Events , Weikersheim Study Center, accessed on December 7, 2014.
  23. ^ Library of Conservatism , Foundation for Conservative Education and Research, accessed December 7, 2014; Sabrina Moritz: "Please move closer together" . In: Junge Freiheit , 42/14, October 10, 2014.
  24. ↑ Birgit Kelle : The smile of movement . In: Junge Freiheit , 40/13, September 27, 2013.
  25. ↑ Hard / sham debate . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , May 31, 2014.
  26. ↑ Change of name: 'Generation Benedikt' becomes 'Pontifex' . kath.net, August 22, 2013.
  27. ↑ a b Vera Kämper: Overbeck calls homosexuality a sin in "Anne Will" . In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung , April 12, 2010.
  28. ↑ Europe: Anti-abortion opponents on the “black list” . Evangelical news agency Idea , October 11, 2012.
  29. ↑ Parliamentarian network puts 27 life rights activists on 'black list' . kath.net, October 14, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Kuby, Sophia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic activist
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Starnberg