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Clappers for Notre-Dame When the bells ring out at the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris this weekend, they will do so with craftsmanship from a hammersmith in Lower Bavaria. The family business from Anzenkirchen in the district of Rottal-Inn has produced two new clappers. He is proud to have been involved in this special project, says Managing Director Martin Wensauer.

Clappers for Notre-Dame

Filipinos celebrate Mud Festival They cover themselves with mud and wrap themselves in banana leaves - at the Philippine mud festival "Taong Putik" people celebrate and commemorate John the Baptist.

Filipinos celebrate Mud Festival

Maximin Giant Bible in Trier Treasury The 'Maximiner Riesenbibel' is on permanent loan to the Trier Treasury. The elaborately illustrated Bible was produced in the early 16th century in the Abbey of St. Maximin in Trier. Three magnificent volumes of majestic size have now returned from private ownership to the place where they were made.

Maximin Giant Bible in Trier Treasury

Monastery instead of university After school, many young people do voluntary work in old people's homes, sports clubs or abroad. Peter Roberg decided on the monastery. The 18-year-old from Kempen on the Lower Rhine is doing a "Voluntary Religious Year" in Fulda.

Monastery instead of university

Pope Francis in wheelchair To protect his knee, the pontiff has been using a wheelchair since May 2022. The 85-year-old himself had recently reported that doctors had told him to put as little strain as possible on the joint because of the pain in his right knee. Recently, Francis was already limping badly during his public appearances and had to cancel events again and again.

Pope Francis in wheelchair

Easter blessings for wildlife Loved ones from the animal world also deserve the divine blessing of the Church. Archbishop Jose H. Gomez blesses beloved pets and farm animals in Los Angeles during the Easter holiday.

Easter blessings for wildlife

Evangelicals a rising force inside Argentine prisons Evangelicals a rising force inside Argentine prisons

Evangelicals a rising force inside Argentine prisons

First aid in the monastery for flood-damaged works of art In cloistered seclusion, Sister Johanna rescues works of art from the Ahr valley. She is particularly fond of a figure of Christ that had to survive the second flood disaster last summer. After being rescued from the flooded museum depot in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, the sculpture has now found a temporary home in the Engelthal monastery in Altenstadt, Hesse. Sister Johanna has carefully removed the mud from the work of art in an initial emergency treatment and treated it with an anti-mould agent. Now the work of art must dry in peace and quiet.

First aid in the monastery for flood-damaged works of art