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13 July 2025

An ecumenical church service takes place for Christopher Street Day (CSD) inside the St. Johann Baptist Church at the market square in Memmingen, Swabia, Lower Allgaeu, Allgaeu, Germany, on July 12, 2025. The service, supported by Protestant and Catholic youth and queer organizations, includes sermons, music, and symbolic gestures under rainbow lighting and pride decorations.

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13 July 2025

An ecumenical church service takes place for Christopher Street Day (CSD) inside the St. Johann Baptist Church at the market square in Memmingen, Swabia, Lower Allgaeu, Allgaeu, Germany, on July 12, 2025. The service, supported by Protestant and Catholic youth and queer organizations, includes sermons, music, and symbolic gestures under rainbow lighting and pride decorations.

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13 July 2025

An ecumenical church service takes place for Christopher Street Day (CSD) inside the St. Johann Baptist Church at the market square in Memmingen, Swabia, Lower Allgaeu, Allgaeu, Germany, on July 12, 2025. The service, supported by Protestant and Catholic youth and queer organizations, includes sermons, music, and symbolic gestures under rainbow lighting and pride decorations.

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13 July 2025

An ecumenical church service takes place for Christopher Street Day (CSD) inside the St. Johann Baptist Church at the market square in Memmingen, Swabia, Lower Allgaeu, Allgaeu, Germany, on July 12, 2025. The service, supported by Protestant and Catholic youth and queer organizations, includes sermons, music, and symbolic gestures under rainbow lighting and pride decorations.

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13 July 2025

An ecumenical church service takes place for Christopher Street Day (CSD) inside the St. Johann Baptist Church at the market square in Memmingen, Swabia, Lower Allgaeu, Allgaeu, Germany, on July 12, 2025. The service, supported by Protestant and Catholic youth and queer organizations, includes sermons, music, and symbolic gestures under rainbow lighting and pride decorations.

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13 July 2025

An ecumenical church service takes place for Christopher Street Day (CSD) inside the St. Johann Baptist Church at the market square in Memmingen, Swabia, Lower Allgaeu, Allgaeu, Germany, on July 12, 2025. The service, supported by Protestant and Catholic youth and queer organizations, includes sermons, music, and symbolic gestures under rainbow lighting and pride decorations.

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13 July 2025

An ecumenical church service takes place for Christopher Street Day (CSD) inside the St. Johann Baptist Church at the market square in Memmingen, Swabia, Lower Allgaeu, Allgaeu, Germany, on July 12, 2025. The service, supported by Protestant and Catholic youth and queer organizations, includes sermons, music, and symbolic gestures under rainbow lighting and pride decorations.

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13 July 2025

An ecumenical church service takes place for Christopher Street Day (CSD) inside the St. Johann Baptist Church at the market square in Memmingen, Swabia, Lower Allgaeu, Allgaeu, Germany, on July 12, 2025. The service, supported by Protestant and Catholic youth and queer organizations, includes sermons, music, and symbolic gestures under rainbow lighting and pride decorations.

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13 July 2025

An ecumenical church service takes place for Christopher Street Day (CSD) inside the St. Johann Baptist Church at the market square in Memmingen, Swabia, Lower Allgaeu, Allgaeu, Germany, on July 12, 2025. The service, supported by Protestant and Catholic youth and queer organizations, includes sermons, music, and symbolic gestures under rainbow lighting and pride decorations.

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13 July 2025

An ecumenical church service takes place for Christopher Street Day (CSD) inside the St. Johann Baptist Church at the market square in Memmingen, Swabia, Lower Allgaeu, Allgaeu, Germany, on July 12, 2025. The service, supported by Protestant and Catholic youth and queer organizations, includes sermons, music, and symbolic gestures under rainbow lighting and pride decorations.

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13 July 2025

An ecumenical church service takes place for Christopher Street Day (CSD) inside the St. Johann Baptist Church at the market square in Memmingen, Swabia, Lower Allgaeu, Allgaeu, Germany, on July 12, 2025. The service, supported by Protestant and Catholic youth and queer organizations, includes sermons, music, and symbolic gestures under rainbow lighting and pride decorations.

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13 July 2025

An ecumenical church service takes place for Christopher Street Day (CSD) inside the St. Johann Baptist Church at the market square in Memmingen, Swabia, Lower Allgaeu, Allgaeu, Germany, on July 12, 2025. The service, supported by Protestant and Catholic youth and queer organizations, includes sermons, music, and symbolic gestures under rainbow lighting and pride decorations.

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26 October 2022

Pope Francis, flanked by Sayyid Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani, (L) and chief rabbi of Rome Riccardo Di Segni (R), holds his speech during "The Cry for Peace - Religions and Cultures in Dialogue" ecumenical prayer gathering at the Colosseum on October 25, 2022 in Rome, Italy. Pope Francis reiterated that religions cannot be used for war, and calls for nations to defuse conflicts with the weapon of dialogue.

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26 October 2022

Pope Francis, flanked by Sayyid Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani, (L) and chief rabbi of Rome Riccardo Di Segni (R), holds his speech during "The Cry for Peace - Religions and Cultures in Dialogue" ecumenical prayer gathering at the Colosseum on October 25, 2022 in Rome, Italy. Pope Francis reiterated that religions cannot be used for war, and calls for nations to defuse conflicts with the weapon of dialogue.

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14 October 2018

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (R) speaks during a mass thanksgiving prayer for granting autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox church, in front of St Sophia Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine, on 14 October, 2018.The Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarchate on October 11 said it had agreed to recognise the independence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, a move strongly desired by Kiev but which risks stoking new tensions with Moscow. A synod meeting chaired by Patriarch Bartholomew, seen as the first among equals of Orthodox Church leaders, ''decreed to proceed to the granting of autocephaly to the Church of Ukraine,'' said an official statement read in Istanbul, formerly Constantinople. In another key move, the synod also agreed to reinstate the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Patriarch Filaret and Kiev Metropolitan Makariy to their canonical ranks following their excommunication in the dispute with Moscow Patriarchy.The Ecumenical Patriarchate continues the procedure of granting autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

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14 October 2018

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (R) and Patriarch Filaret (L) of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kiev's Patriarchy, shake hands during a mass thanksgiving prayer for granting autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox church, in front of St Sophia Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine, on 14 October, 2018.The Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarchate on October 11 said it had agreed to recognise the independence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, a move strongly desired by Kiev but which risks stoking new tensions with Moscow. A synod meeting chaired by Patriarch Bartholomew, seen as the first among equals of Orthodox Church leaders, ''decreed to proceed to the granting of autocephaly to the Church of Ukraine,'' said an official statement read in Istanbul, formerly Constantinople. In another key move, the synod also agreed to reinstate the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Patriarch Filaret and Kiev Metropolitan Makariy to their canonical ranks following their excommunication in the dispute with Moscow Patriarchy.The Ecumenical Patriarchate continues the procedure of granting autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

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