A bronze statue of St. Joseph, bending protectively over the Holy
Family, stands at the center of a bubbling fountain outside the St.
Joseph Roman Catholic church in this Bavarian village.
Across a cobblestone courtyard, parishioners show up regularly at the church community center to teach German and math to asylum seekers and refugees. During a recent weeknight service, Ali, a young Afghan, demonstrated his progress, reading aloud a prayer for peace to the congregation.
http://www.cruxnow.com/life/2015/05/13/a-bitter-debate-in-germany-over-the-catholic-churchs-practice-of-asylum/
Across a cobblestone courtyard, parishioners show up regularly at the church community center to teach German and math to asylum seekers and refugees. During a recent weeknight service, Ali, a young Afghan, demonstrated his progress, reading aloud a prayer for peace to the congregation.
http://www.cruxnow.com/life/2015/05/13/a-bitter-debate-in-germany-over-the-catholic-churchs-practice-of-asylum/