"Anwaltshure" or "slut-boarding": Although one of the "world view" publishing the church, he sells porn books.
"Worldview" is the largest German booksellers. What is not visible due to the purchase offer and therefore many do not know: This media company is owned 100 percent of the Catholic Church.
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Photo: picture-alliance / dpa / ANSA The bishops gladly look the other way when it comes to the portfolio of the "world view" Publishing House
Preach chastity to sell sex?
Photo: Knaur Verlag / Knaur The offer of the "world view" publisher: Anne West, "Sex for Experts", 8,99 €, Blue Panther Books
But since October fire is under the roof, after the trade journal "book report", reported the Catholic publishing group is taking part in the business of eroticism. It may, it was then hurry on the part of bishops to stop the "distributor may pornographic content" by the Catholic "worldview" publishing. Presumably, a filter system had failed.
But many committed Catholics who for over ten years their pastors so tirelessly but unsuccessfully to have the scandal "world view" to draw attention, whether such hypocrisy appalled.
The Catholic Church is in the "world view" trap, because it has invested hundreds of millions of euros in the The Augsburg Publishing House, which operates but shops of which says Pope Benedict, they were among the goods of the Church, her real estate darkened.
Bishops are aware of "world picture" scandal
In the spring of 2008 met in a Bavarian bishopric some resolute Catholics and created a 70-page documentation about the questionable range of Catholic "worldview" publishing house. This documentation all German diocesan bishops were sent to their dioceses co-owner of the "world"-Verlag are.
The information kit has been demonstrated as an example that "the world" earned on the spread of Sexbüchern, glorification of violence, esoteric, magic and Satanism a lot of money. The activists called their initiative "Catholic! World" and called on the bishops as responsible owners in an accompanying letter for immediate action on. Shaken, the high clergy hardly.
More than half of all affected bishops did not even acknowledge receipt and did not answer even one letter nachgeschoben later. The response from the Archdiocese of Munich was even cynical.
Complaint letters are ignored
The "PUR" magazine - a magazine, the self, even as a "conservative values" and inscribed "with sympathy for the Pope and Catholic Church" - is of the order of Archbishop Marx on 5 June 2008 at the initiative "Catholic! The world "written response letter written before, the Archbishop's finance director, Dr. Sebastian Anneser.
Mandy Fox: "slut-boarding", 9,90 €, Blue Panther Books
Photo: Blue Panther Books sounds after the scandal over the abuse of students in Catholic schools in this very cynical book title
It says: "Allow me but a small personal note. And they called the investment in the initiative, Catholic! World have 'unearthed meritorious manner with a lot of effort all weeds. As a priest, where the credibility of a church organization is very probably a big concern, it is difficult for me to use all the energy exclusively to pluck every last weed, even if I run this risk knowingly, the wheat in a field - to destroy . And for me, and certainly your knowledge of the company I would be grateful if I mightest with as much commitment confirmation and recognition for the many wheat, which is scattered over an unprecedented, world view 'among the people. "
With such arrogant ignorance of even the most battle-hardened warriors for a Catholic "worldview" did not expect. They were therefore probably not the false impression that the bishop's interests "are not really seriously ready to provide immediate corrective action."
And somehow they like the more than three years later, believe hastily spoken words of prominent cardinal Marx did not quite know where he is now calling into the microphones of journalists: "We want our publishers neither pornography nor the glorification of violence. When we hear about it, we go into the matter, and then the suppressed. "
The played the surprise of officials
While being driven to the surprise of many outside the church decision makers that is distributed in its major publishing pornographic is played. Played badly. For years, going from one complaint letters to the bishops of believers who are stereotypically bischöflicherseits answered something like this:
"We acknowledge receipt of your letter, the Bishop ... has taken note. I can assure you that Mr. Bishop ... expressed therein will investigate the issues. "
For 30 years the Catholic Church handled with "world view". For 30 years, a flirtation with money and power. In defiance of ethical and moral theological commitments, the Church has highly pushed up with her own company at a "major player" in the media business. This way up has devoured millions of church tax money.
Group with 20 percent market share
Today the company has 6,400 employees and annual sales of around EUR 1.7 billion. In the online book trade is the Augsburg publishing house number two on Amazon.
The shareholders of the "world picture" group
Photo: PUR magazine this diocese is "world view"
In steady-book trade "world view" about 20 percent market share. This is the group of the leading book seller in Germany.
Pupils who owns a thriving conglomerate, which also deserves a lot of money, thinks the simple Catholic, and because the church probably causes a lot of good with their profits, the whole thing has its positive side. But just the fact the owners have apparently dispensed regularly and reinvested the entire profits to the capitalist goal, billionaire leader, to reach quickly.
"Worldview" Managing
Photo: picture-alliance / dpa / dpa Carel Halff
. Nearly three years ago tried the bishops, "the world" to sell the then descended upon financial crisis but I made a sale impossible, it was said was able to "world view" CEO Carel Halff, incidentally, no religion, in April 2009 announced. The sale abandonment of the Church have strengthened the house and he could assume that this decision "stable" is.
As regards the orientation of the range, then let it be known Halff, there is a constant dialogue with the Board. Directives that affect the catholicity of the program, but there are not obvious. What is crucial for "the world" just the taste of over 20 million customers.
The Church in the "world view" trap
Less than 2.5 million letters in 2008, so did Halff, only found 30 critical questions to the offer. Such a vanishingly small number that they can no longer be expressed as a percentage. The Catholic Church is in the "world view" trap.
The market leader among German booksellers can only remain a market leader and continue its billion sales when he still earns his money with the media, with the Catholic faith are incompatible.
A mail order business of this magnitude can not sort out about filtering systems any relevant books, CDs and DVDs without accepting substantial losses in sales. After all, offers "the world" today about 2,500 erotic titles in their online catalog. Among them are books published by Blue Panther Books with his sex-prose of the series "Anwaltshure", "Vögelbar" and "slut-boarding".
The offer is more than questionable
Blue Panther's books are indeed in "world view" to buy, but the publisher was not even represented this year at the Frankfurt Book Fair, because the organizer "could not offer a suitable stand" for a publishing company of its kind.
Unsustainable course, not only the pornographic offer the "world view" is-Verlag. Because it also offers almost all the anti-clerical writings as the books of atheist Richard Dawkins. And papst and detecting are kirchengegnerischer literature to date not even a useful filter. Furthermore, esotericism, astrology, and violent and satanic media in the online offering.
The old question of money or morality?
The monthly with a much higher circulation than the three leading German news magazine "Spiegel", "star" and "Focus" together printed 200-page catalog advertising of "world picture" is about four million households. There are indeed advertised openly no porn, the catalog shows but otherwise mediocre and often a frightening touts books that speak each side of the Catholic Catechism scorn.
Erotic Novel
"Worldview" is the German bishops for something like a bank where you have paid over the years, nearly 182 million euros church tax money now they are faced with the old question:.. Money or morality?
The already difficult situation aggravated the business-minded church people in 1998 dramatically in that "world picture" book publishers merged seven of its own with five publishers of Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck publishing group Nabu Press, based in Munich.
This action not only sank the church quickly once 25 million, but since she is with her 50-percent stake in Droemer Knaur not only more sellers, but also a producer of pornographic books.
The bishops are thus indirectly to publishers of pornographic articles. One wonders why media Bishop Gebhard Fürst, who stays out of the controversial public debate largely as a shepherd takes no objection, if the Catholic Church "Sinful Games," co-produced the work?
Books such as "Tell me bitch!"
To many there remains the controversy. Why does "world view" board and secretary of the German Bishops Conference, Father Lange villages? "My fiery red stilettos" Must Bishop Mussinghoff know "Why do men come so fast and women do just as if" so. could go on.
Sleazy literature
The nagging question remains why the bishops are not just as co-owners of their personal responsibility and can produce books like: "Take me here and take me now", "Sex for Experts", "Manual for sex goddesses", "dirty stories" "The perfect seducer," "Say bitch to me."
In Droemer Knaur to have the German bishops in addition to its own Catholic Supervisory Carel Halff, director of the Cologne Education Erwin Müller-Ruck sent Witt, it also operates one of the most famous Buddhist publishing houses in Germany, the OW Barth-Verlag. Also, because the bishops have an equal share.
But other companies are problematic investments. The Sun "world picture" group is one third of the Internet portal buecher.de. There are books such as "Count Porno" and advertised "porn for couples."
In the self-representation "Who we are - About, the world '" it says on the website of the Augsburg publishing house: "We reinvent ourselves every day. The taste of our customers is changing almost daily. Therefore, there is no hard and fast rules for us or a fixed strategy. We are constantly inventing new ... Mistakes are allowed - because what counts is success. "
Preach water and drink wine
One would not necessarily assume that this is Catholic corporate philosophy. Therefore remains a concern for many believers, everything could continue as usual once the brief media storm has subsided. "Business as usual" just. The church's credibility is at stake.
Publication
Known prejudices against the officials found by the scandal surrounding "world view" is a sad confirmation: Water practicing what you preach.
Translated to the current situation: preaching chastity and sell porn. If a church has given up companies to work for Christian point of view, then it comes into conflict on many fronts.
This shows an example of a small town Wuerttemberg. There opened a local Catholic bookstore has been fighting for its very existence, since "the world" a shop on his street has. From a Lenten pastoral letter from his local bishop, who is also the media bishop, he knows that he is the sanctification of the Lord's day does not participate in the open Sunday to. He holds to it Others do not..
What is the "Generation Sex"?
The first store, which opens and the last of the closes, is the Catholic "world view" business on his street. "Bigott" the bookseller, the bishops called so, since it is not known to have any of them "world view" asked ever to have their book stores closed on Sundays, or to waive the 24-hour order hotline.
Therefore urge the reader not only an Internet platform "unworldliness" kath.net the Church as it has urged the pope, but also a "complete cleansing of the temple." The Catholic Church in Germany is certainly quite get into explanations.
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