Overview
- The service begins at 9:30 from St. Anna in Münster and is part of ZDF’s regular Sunday series that alternates Catholic and Protestant broadcasts.
- Queergemeinde Münster prepared the liturgy, shifting from its usual Antoniuskirche crypt venue because it is too small for television production.
- Organizers set the theme “Wer bin ich … für dich?” as a nod to Pope Francis’s 2013 remark often paraphrased as “Who am I to judge?”.
- Blessings of same-sex couples will not be shown, though the community publicly supports such blessings amid ongoing discussions in the German Bishops’ Conference.
- Police will keep a patrol car outside due to expected polarization, there will be no entry checks, and an ecumenical telephone line will be available to viewers after the broadcast.