Berlin, Germany. 25th May 2017. A large crowd listens to Angela Merkel and Barack Obama. a rainbow flag flies over the crowd. The Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and Barack Obama, the former US President, talked at the Kirchentag about "Being Involved in Democracy: Taking on Responsibility Locally and Globally”. Credit: Michael Debets/Alamy Live News


Berlin, Germany. 25th May 2017. A large crowd listens to Angela Merkel and Barack Obama. a rainbow flag flies over the crowd. The Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and Barack Obama, the former US President, talked at the Kirchentag about "Being Involved in Democracy: Taking on Responsibility Locally and Globally”. They were joined by the Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria and Chairman of the Council of the EKD, Heinrich Bedford-Strohm as well as the President of the 36th Kirchentag, Christina Aus der Au. At the end a group of German and US youths were able to pose some questions to them.


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