Female revolution among the Protestants

The left-liberal daily La Repubblica describes the election of Bishop of Hanover Margot Käßmann from Lower Saxony to the office of council chairwoman of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD ) as a female revolution: "Margot Käßmann was elected for the courage she has shown in living her life in the public eye 'as a bishop and a woman', as well as for her popularity and her image, which has earned her the nicknames of the pop bishop or the Demi Moore of the Church. … She is progressive on the subject of equal opportunities, for which she herself has become a symbol, but on ethical matters she sometimes takes a traditional stance. Many see her as being on the left politically, close to the Greens, but she has nonetheless praised Chancellor Angela Merkel as an exceptional woman on several occasions. … A woman at the head of the Protestant Church in Germany, and an exceedingly unconventional one at that, could reignite the debates in the Catholic world which this Church finds so trying. For her part Margot Käßmann holds out her hand to the Catholics."

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