Florian Tuder

Europe Learning Religion | Alumnus @KU_Leuven (European Studies), @UniGraz & @ULBSibiu (Theology & Education) | views are my own | 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇪🇲🇩

[ENRS @enrs_eu]

#OnThisDay in 1948, Romania's communist regime nationalized over 1000 private companies, dismantling the pre-war market economy. Owners were stripped of property without compensation, many facing persecution or imprisonment. It was a step in the Sovietization of Romanian society.

[Florian Tuder @FlorianTuder]

@Strack_C Lange überfällig. Er bastelt von Beginn an an einer spirituellen Rechtfertigung des Kriegs und wird vom Großteil der Orthodoxie dafür geächtet. Allen voran vom Ökumenischen Patriarchen. #HeiligerKrieg.

[European Jewish Congress @eurojewcong]

“The language of today’s anti-Zionism replicates to an astonishing degree the language of anti-Zionism developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War.”

@IzaTabaro, Fellow at @TheWilsonCenter and @centre_as, traced the historical roots of contemporary anti-Zionist narratives.

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

Force yourself to watch this 30 second animated map. We see four years of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.

Map Source: https://t.co/9E4j49SLki

[Florian Tuder @FlorianTuder]

@lukasludens @FranzSchellhorn Und Twitter muss das einzige Sprachrohr von Van der Bellen sein?

[Florian Tuder @FlorianTuder]

@lukasludens @FranzSchellhorn 🤷‍♂️

[Helmut Brandstätter MdEP @HBrandstaetter]

Die Ukrainische Friedensnobelpreisträgerin Oleksandra Mitviichuk @avalaina erhält den European Order of Merit. Die Rechtsextremen sind abwesend, holen wohl gerade Befehle in der russischen Botschaft. Was für eine Schande

[Roberta Metsola @EP_President]

L'Europa rende omaggio al Cardinale Pietro Parolin.

Per la sua opera di promozione della pace, della giustizia sociale, dei diritti fondamentali e dello sviluppo globale.

Per i suoi sforzi diplomatici volti a comporre i conflitti tra le nazioni.

Per il suo impegno a sostenere il retaggio cristiano dell'Europa e il dialogo interreligioso.

#EuropeanOrderofMerit 🇪🇺

[Florian Tuder @FlorianTuder]

@EP_President @vonderleyen @marilena_raouna @sandumaiamd @avalaina @JerzyBuzek @VivianeRedingEU @MichelBarnier @JMDBarroso @EwaKopacz @Sophie_Wilmes While the pos. contribution of #churches is often overlooked in public discourse, awarding the #EuropeanOrderofMerit to Card. Parolin @TerzaLoggia is a significant recognition by @Europarl_EN of the Church’s work for peace, social cohesion, and our shared roots. Thank you! 🙏🇪🇺

[Kathpress @Kathpress_Wien]

.@KardinalWien Christoph Schönborn bei Int. Parlamentarischen Gebetsfrühstück in Wien an Politik: "Entdramatisieren, Humor bewahren, nicht zurückschlagen" - Über 50 Abgeordnete aller politischen Parteien und zahlreiche Kirchenvertreter unter den über 300 Teilnehmenden im Hohen Haus: https://t.co/clYtdXa1UA

[Florian Tuder @FlorianTuder]

📈💡"The share saying religion is gaining influence has risen 19 percentage points in the last two years and is now as high as it has been in Center surveys going back to 2002."

https://t.co/LuOC4NqjYp

#religion #USA
@PewReligion
@pewresearch

[Christine Lagarde @Lagarde]

Good morning from Aachen where we are gathered to mark Mario Draghi’s contribution to Europe.

Happy to see @EU_Commission
President (and 2025 Charlemagne Prize laureate!) Ursula @vonderleyen at the Mass that traditionally precedes the award ceremony.

#Karlspreis2026

[Nathalie Loiseau @NathalieLoiseau]

Merci aux évêques syriens Mgr Jalloul et Mgr Mourad ainsi qu’à l’@OeuvredOrient et son directeur @HdWoillemont pour notre discussion amicale et approfondie sur la situation des Chrétiens de Syrie, acteurs engagés et vigilants de la reconstruction du pays.

[The Catholic Church in the EU @ComeceEu]

🇪🇺 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 𝟏𝟕 𝐓𝐅𝐄𝐔 | General Secretaries of EU Episcopates gathered in Brussels to discuss current Church-EU issues. They also exchanged with @AntonellaSberna on #Article17dialogue implementation and greeted by @EP_President @RobertaMetsola. https://t.co/ARlghwKqhB

[Florian Tuder @FlorianTuder]

Book presentation in #Vienna:

Sacralization of History in Times of Crises: Modern Eastern Europe

👉👉 https://t.co/oHxfqSear1 👈👈

[Florian Tuder @FlorianTuder]

Thank you @fxbellamy for hosting this event with @OeuvredOrient about the peace-building role of #Christians in the #MiddleEast.

More than a religious player - Christians are a key pillar of public life and provide education, health & social services when states cannot (anymore)

[EU Delegation Georgia 🇪🇺 @EUinGeorgia]

🇪🇺 extends its warmest congratulations on the election of Shio III as Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia.
When the world greatly needs moral clarity, reconciliation and hope, we trust his spiritual guidance and wisdom will inspire unity in times of uncertainty & division.

[Civil.ge @CivilGe]

Metropolitan Shio (Mujiri) has been elected Catholicos-Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, succeeding the late Ilia II, who passed away in March at the age of 93 after nearly five decades leading one of Georgia’s most trusted institutions, and who had named Mujiri as his Locum Tenens in 2017.

The decision was announced by Metropolitan Anania (Japaridze), who headed the vote-counting commission, on May 11, at around 4 pm, following hours of extended church assembly at Tbilisi’s Holy Trinity Cathedral. The assembly drew some 1,200 delegates, with both clerical and lay groups, with the 39 members of the Holy Synod casting their votes by secret ballot.

Mujiri, 57, received 22 votes, more than half of Synod’s support required to make him a patriarch in the first round. Next came Metropolitan Iobi (Akiashvili) of Ruisi and Urbnisi diocese with 9 votes, while Metropolitan Grigol (Berbichashvili) of Photi and Khobi diocese secured 7 votes.

Shio – from now Shio III – thus becomes the 142nd primate of the Georgian Orthodox Church, and the tenth Patriarch since the restoration of the Church’s autocephaly in 1917. The May 11 election marks a generational turning point, the first succession in nearly half a century, closing the era of Ilia II, who is credited with reviving the Church and establishing it as the most trusted institution in a country where over 80 percent of the population professes Orthodox Christianity.

Read more: https://t.co/oUb0xngC1Y

[Roberta Metsola @EP_President]

Pope Leo XIV: A year of leadership, courage and moral authority.

Papa Leone XIV: un anno di leadership, coraggio e autorità morale.

[Vatican News @vaticannews_de]

Das vatikanische Glaubensdikasterium hat gegenüber Vatican News klargestellt: Das deutsche Segnungs-Vademecum für homosexuelle Paare und andere Paare in irregulären Beziehungen hat nicht die Zustimmung des Dikasteriums.⬇️