With temperatures above 30°C in many areas, Germany is also experiencing the effects of the heat wave affecting Europe these days. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach is on vacation in Italy, where thermometers soar above 40C, but even away he hasn’t failed to give advice on how residents can protect themselves from the heat.
On social media, the governor showed himself inside the Basilica of San Francesco and a church in Montepulciano, where he had taken refuge from the high temperatures. Better than a cold room. Rome is still too hot,” he wrote in the post.
He pointed out that “churches should be open during heat waves to be cool rooms during the day and to provide protection.”
Church of San Francesco (Siena). Wunderschöne mittelalterliche Bauweise, aber auch ein Kälteraum. Die Kirchen sollten in Hitzewellen als Kälteräume tagsüber offen und Schutz bieten. pic.twitter.com/z8wtUXZw9M
– a. Karl_Lauterbach July 17, 2023
The leaflet quickly generated controversy, and was used by several leaders of the Catholic and Evangelical Church in Germany, who echoed the minister’s challenge.
“Mr. Lauterbach calls for the doors to be opened. Everyone is welcome in our churches to pray and worship and also to take shelter from the heat,” answered the spokesman for the German Evangelical Church on the same social network.
Germany’s largest Roman Catholic diocese, Cologne, did not want to be left behind and also stated that its churches are open to anyone who wants to escape the high temperatures, including the health minister who stopped attending mass after the scandal. Breaking.Sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, as well as in Germany.
“Most churches in Germany are open to visitors and worshipers all year round and all day long, regardless of the weather, whether for prayer, silence or rest,” reads the leaflet issued in response to Lauterbach’s appeal.
