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

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 ...

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

Before the vote, the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD) and the Catholic German Bishops' Conference (DBK) wrote a joint ...

Germany's Roman Catholics can only remain ... for the nationalization of religious property. In 2011, the Catholic Church received 5bn Euros and the Protestant Church 4.5bn Euros from taxpayers ...

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 ...