On July 9th from 10:35 p.m. on ORF 2 and on ORF ON
Vienna (OTS) – He was seriously injured in an assassination attempt and years later was awarded the Alternative Nobel Prize: Erwin Kräutler, a native of Vorarlberg, was the Catholic bishop of Xingu, the largest diocese in Brazil in terms of area, from 1981 to 2015. The “criss-cross” film “To the Extreme – Bishop Erwin Kräutler” by Peter Beringer traces the most important stages of Kräutler’s life on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, at 10:35 p.m. on ORF 2 and on ORF ON: a portrait of Kräutler 85th birthday on July 12th, which shows how the Christian faith of the Austro-Brazilian bishop manifests itself in his active commitment to the indigenous population of Amazonia and to the preservation of the rainforest.