” “The president of the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK), Hans Joachim Meyer, in his speech at the end of the Katholikentag, stated that "freedom" without justice always means the right of the strongest: this is a society we do not want". "Justice he went on is also the yardstick to measure the new Europe". Meyer recommended that support to developing countries should not be reduced. "A society is just only if there is justice for everyone in it", he insisted. "The Katholikentag has proven, once again, that the Church lives in the community of lay people, priests and bishops", he added. At the end of Mass, mgr. Bode invited the congregation to take part in the next Katholikentag, which will be hosted by Osnabruck in 2008. The leader of the Evangelical Church of Rhineland, Nikolaus Schneider, made an invitation to take part in the 31st Evangelical Church Day, which is due in Cologne in 2007.” ” ” “
