Aging membership and an increasingly secular society are causing challenges for Pax Christi, the 80-year-old international ...

The Catholic Church in Germany has lost another 321,611 followers in 2024. The exodus of believers continues inexorably, and according to statistics presented by the German Bishops' Conference ...

The Catholic Archdiocese of Freiburg has announced that it will allow use of the “gender star” in certain ministry contexts ...

The total number of Catholics in Germany is 19,769,237 ... to provide reliable and timely reporting on global events from a ...

Church members who sought to uphold their personal and institutional traditions were indeed intimidated and often paid the price of their defiance of the regime. For example, nearly one third of the ...

Meanwhile public prosecutors in Munich announced on Friday that they were opening investigations in 42 cases of alleged misconduct by leading members of the Catholic Church in Germany.

Before the vote, the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD) and the Catholic German Bishops' Conference (DBK) wrote a joint letter to all parliamentarians urgently warning against such collaboration.

Faced with dwindling church congregations in Germany, spiritual leaders are getting creative in their efforts to attract young people. The numbers of people leaving both the Catholic and ...

The church's 433-foot-tall tower, home to Germany's largest clock bell, is visible from all over the city. In the crypt far below, about 2,000 people have been laid to rest. Views from the top are ...