{"id":24180,"date":"2026-07-30T12:37:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/30\/embattled-german-chancellor-chooses-papal-pageturner-for-his-beach-read\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T12:37:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:37:47","slug":"embattled-german-chancellor-chooses-papal-pageturner-for-his-beach-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/30\/embattled-german-chancellor-chooses-papal-pageturner-for-his-beach-read\/","title":{"rendered":"Embattled German chancellor chooses papal pageturner for his beach read"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With his popularity at historic lows, Friedrich Merz seeks spiritual guidance from Pope Leo\u2019s encyclical on AI<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2026\/jul\/30\/europe-ukraine-russia-poland-wildfires-france-spain-greece-latest-news-updates\">Europe live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Summer is normally thought of as the time for pacy potboilers and brain-soothing pageturners \u2013 airport reads that wind up sandy and sunscreen-stained. Not so for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/friedrich-merz\">Friedrich Merz<\/a>\u2019s holiday reading list.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/germany\">Germany<\/a>\u2019s embattled chancellor, who has faced one rough patch after another since taking office 14 months ago, seems to be seeking spiritual guidance this year while putting his feet up.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jul\/30\/german-chancellor-friedrich-merz-chooses-pope-leo-encyclical-for-beach-read\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/d86fba33f357896344e8025db004610e2f18da56\/514_0_5144_4115\/master\/5144.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=bfb137230d8a6c40bc1801fcee44e008\" title=\"Embattled German chancellor chooses papal pageturner for his beach read\" \/>With his popularity at historic lows, Friedrich Merz seeks spiritual guidance from Pope Leo\u2019s encyclical on AI<br \/>\nEurope live \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nSummer is normally thought of as the time for pacy potboilers and brain-soothing pageturners \u2013 airport reads that wind up sandy and sunscreen-stained. Not so for Friedrich Merz\u2019s holiday reading list.<br \/>\nGermany\u2019s embattled chancellor, who has faced one rough patch after another since taking office 14 months ago, seems to be seeking spiritual guidance this year while putting his feet up. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With his popularity at historic lows, Friedrich Merz seeks spiritual guidance from Pope Leo\u2019s encyclical on AI Europe live \u2013 latest updates Summer is normally thought of as the time for pacy potboilers and brain-soothing pageturners \u2013 airport reads that wind up sandy and sunscreen-stained. Not so for Friedrich Merz\u2019s holiday reading list. Germany\u2019s embattled &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/30\/embattled-german-chancellor-chooses-papal-pageturner-for-his-beach-read\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Embattled German chancellor chooses papal pageturner for his beach read<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24180"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}