Berlin, Germany. 25th May, 2017. Police officers surveil the crowd from surrounding roof tops. 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. Credit: PACIFIC

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