Where else but in Germany would the wheels used by church leaders – both Protestant and Catholic – to get around come under scrutiny? Deutsche Umwelthilfe – the German Environmental Aid Association – has requested the C02 emissions of the cars driven by bishops, and the newspaper Die Welt has drawn up a chart showing who drives the most eco-friendly model. For example, Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich drives a BMW, which is judged middle-of-the-road environmentally, whil
11 December 2014, The Tablet
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