A parish on the edge of the world (World 2018, by Françoise Funk-Salamí) - Swiss Press Award
Françoise Funk-Salamí
In Qaanaaq steht eine der nördlichsten Kirchen der Welt. Mit der Errichtung der Handelsstation Thule durch den Polarforscher Knud Rasmussen begann ab 1909 die Christianisierung der Region. Heute gehören 99 Prozent der 56'000 Grönländer der evang.-luth. Kirche an.
reformiert.
Photo / World
2018
Françoise Funk-Salamí
Juaanna Platou is a pastor in what is almost the northernmost church in the world. The Qaanaaq congregation in northern Greenland is five and a half times the size of Switzerland, but has only 800 inhabitants. Pastoral counseling is an important part of Platou's work. Alcoholism and violence are among society's biggest problems. Many children are neglected, yet they are the future.
