County celebrates: Blessing by Eduard Profittlich is getting closer!
County celebrates: Blessing by Eduard Profittlich is getting closer!
Tallinn, Estland - An important developments for the Catholic Church in Estonia: The German Jesuit Eduard Profittlich was recognized by the Vatican as a martyr. The profit, born in 1890, who worked as an apostolic administrator in Estonia during his time, was arrested in 1941 by the Soviet authorities and sentenced to death. On February 22, 1942, he died in prison before the verdict could be enforced. This step is an important part of the beatification process, which has been running since 2003, as the Catholic press agency
Estonia receives new diocese
In the meantime, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the newly appointed papal ambassador for the Baltic States, announced when he visited Tallinn that the apostolic administrature in Estonia is now being raised to the diocese. This news was a historical moment for the Catholic community, which had been waiting for this appointment for almost 100 years. Marge Paas, press spokeswoman for the new diocese, said: "It is a act of God we have received." Bishop von Tallinn becomes Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan, who has been working as an apostolic administrator since 2005, such as katholisch.deThe appointment for the diocese will not only strengthen the structure of the Catholic Church in Estonia, but also promote hope of a soon -to -be beating of profit. Paas hopes that he will be a patron saint of the new diocese, even if the official beatification is still pending. The Catholic Community in Estonia comprises around 6,000 members and is particularly present in Tallinn and Tartu, where various initiatives are carried out to promote faith in order to not only support existing communities, but also to create new opportunities for faith.
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