Millionaire Pays 500 Euros Premium for Baptizers
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In Starnberg, the entrepreneur Peter Löw will pay families 500 euros if they have their only three-year-old child baptized Catholically.
Even in the Catholic-influenced Bavaria the number of church members decreases. A man in a prosperous area wants to take a special idea against it.
The number of Catholics in Germany is falling. A Starnberger millionaire wants to slow this down, at least in his community, with an unusual action.
Entrepreneur Peter Löw pays parents 500 euros for the christening of her child. Learn how the controversial action works and who it reaches.
Should an entrepreneur with cash move families to the Catholic baptism of their children? At a 500-euro-premium for the Baptists the spirits separate themselves in the affected Starnberg parishes. "We have parishioners who say that you sell the reputation of the church with it," says Starnberg city priest Andreas Jall of the German Press Agency. "But I look from below: we want to help families in this high-priced area." At four baptisms, the ent…
Even in the Catholic-influenced Bavaria the number of church members decreases. A man in a prosperous area wants to take a special idea against it.
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