Germany recorded a significant growth in the number of atheists as compared to Catholics and Protestants in 2024. Experts ...

King Charles's recent visit to the Vatican may appear to be simply a symbolic gesture of ecumenical goodwill. But moments ...

There should be no discrimination." Less than two years ago, Germany's Catholic Church liberalized its employment law for the approximately 790,000 church employees and Caritas, a Catholic ...

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

The total number of Catholics in Germany is 19,769,237 ... reporting on global events from a Catholic perspective. We cover a wide range of topics—from church affairs to international politics ...

The Wurzburg investigation is part of a broader examination of abuse within the Catholic Church in Germany, with numerous dioceses commissioning similar studies and establishing victim advisory ...

His election reflected a broader geographical shift in the church. Although the Vatican has been Catholicism’s spiritual and ...

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 ...

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 ...