Each of the 230 churches in the Archdiocese of Cologne tolled their bells, including the cathedral’s Dicke Pitter (“Fat Peter”) pictured above, 100 times beginning at 7.30 p.m. on 19 June in support of their archbishop’s appeal for a change in refugee policies. “Fat Peter” is normally only rung on holy days. Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne, who organised the action, said the bells were being tolled in commemoration of the 23,000 boat people who had dr