Bishops: Don’t talk down the successes of integration policy

Bishops: Don’t talk down the successes of integration policy German Archbishop Stefan Hesse of Hamburg is pictured in a May 7, 2020, photo. Pope Francis has granted Archbishop Hesse a leave of absence from his duties after a recent report on the handling of of clergy sex abuse cases in the Cologne Archdiocese, where he served as director of personnel and vicar general. (CNS photo/Lars Berg, KNA)

Ten years after the refugee summer of 2015, Archbishop Stefan Heße of Hamburg emphasised the successes of integration policy. “Let us not forget what we have achieved in the last ten years,” said Archbishop Heße on September 24 at the autumn plenary assembly of the German Bishops’ Conference. “For many people in our country, refugees…

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