The Catholic Church is under pressure as rarely before: loss of trust, dwindling membership and profound social changes are calling its role in today's world into question. Many are turning away, others are holding on to it - and still others are looking for new forms of faith and community. But is the church really an obsolete model or is it in the midst of a necessary transformation?
A special evening with Tobias Haberl, Michael Mandlik and Peter Seewald is dedicated to these questions. The three speakers bring different perspectives from journalism, social analysis and personal experience of faith. Together, they will shed light on where the church stands today, what it has lost and what its lasting significance might be.
The evening invites an open discussion - beyond buzzwords and simple answers. It is aimed at believers and doubters, critics and anyone who wonders what role religion and the church can still play in the future.
About the speakers:
Tobias Haberl was born in 1975 in the Bavarian Forest. He studied Latin, German and English in Würzburg and in Great Britain. After working as a freelance journalist in Berlin in 2001 and 2002, he graduated from the Henri Nannen School in Hamburg. Since 2005, he has worked as an editor for the magazine of the "Süddeutsche Zeitung". In 2016, he was awarded the Theodor Wolff Prize for his journalistic work. His publications include the pamphlet Die große Entzauberung - Vom trügerischen Glück des heutigen Menschen (2019) and Wie ich mal rot wurde (2011). He also co-edited the volume Wir, Ritter der Ehrenrunde (2016) with Alexandros Stefanidis. Tobias Haberl lives in Munich.
Born in Mainburg, Bavaria, in 1957, journalist Michael Mandlik began his career as a freelancer at the Süddeutsche Zeitung after completing his A-levels and military service. He went on to study journalism at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, while at the same time training at the German School of Journalism in Munich. After graduating, he worked as an editor at Bayerischer Rundfunk Fernsehen, initially in the current affairs and domestic politics departments. From 1994, he worked as a correspondent and studio manager at ARD's Rome studio, and from 2005 to 2013 he took on the same role at ARD's Vatican studio. From 2008 to 2015, he was also head of the Church and World editorial team at Bayerisches Fernsehen. Since January 2016, he has been a correspondent and studio manager for television at the ARD studio in Vienna/Southeast Europe.
Peter Seewald, born in 1954, has worked as a journalist for Stern, Spiegel and the Süddeutsche Zeitung magazine, among others. He is one of the most successful religious authors in Germany. His discussion volumes Salt of the Earth, God and the World, Light of the World and Benedict XVI - Last Conversations (Droemer, 2016) have become international bestsellers. Peter Seewald is married and lives with his family in Munich.
Admission: 18:00
Start: 19:00
End: 20:30
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