Turning point at kath.ch: debate yes, confrontation no

(Léa Burger. SRF).

Dispute over the direction of Kath.ch: To what extent should the Catholic Church report on itself critically? After years of disputes over how critically the online portal kath.ch should and can report on the Roman Catholic Church, A new Catholic Media Center Association board of directors was elected Thursday, after all members of the previous board resigned or were no longer in place.

For this reason, some media outlets have already spoken of a kind of coup d’état by ecclesiastical leaders against critical voices. Among other things because the media bishop, Josef Stübi, recently prevented a new co-publishing direction.

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