"It's totally transformed Mondays from nothing happening to having a full venue and significant sales, " says bar manager Nicole Welle.

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The editor of German broadcaster Deutsche Welle , Bernd Riegert, calls the German-born Pope's move "a courageous step, a revolutionary step".

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But, according to Peter Senger, chief engineer at Deutsche Welle, a German broadcaster, Eutelsat is generally cheaper than Astra these days.

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The two told German daily newspaper Die Welt and public television channel Deutsche Welle how they bridged technological, economic and cultural gaps.

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His team consisted of retired prosecutors and judges and was allowed access to personnel records on Church employees going back more than a decade, the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle reports.

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