Cologne (dpa / lnw) - In view of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, you can't have "a sweet party" on Christmas Eve in Germany either. That's what the Catholic priest Franz Meurer from Cologne, who is valued far beyond the region because of his social commitment, said on Saturday in the "Morgenecho" on WDR 5. If "weapons are being blessed" elsewhere, you can't pretend that it is now suddenly "everything is fine" at Christmas.
His greatest hope for the coming year is "that peace will finally return to the world," emphasized Meurer. He agrees positively: "We win." He has the impression that people are currently moving closer together again. The youth groups were full again "after Corona", the altar boys were almost jostling at the altar.
