BERLIN (AP) — More than 120 employees of the Catholic Church in Germany publicly outed themselves as queer on Monday, saying they want to “live openly without fear" in the church and pushing ...

Churches in Germany have merged and reorganised parishes and sold off ... The Roman Catholic dioceses of Wurzburg and Eichstatt also became the latest to announce drastic real-estate reductions: the ...

Benedict's four-day state visit comes as Germany's church has been losing tens of ... a pilgrim from Wuerzburg, said of the sex abuse scandal. Following the Mass in Erfurt, the pontiff traveled ...

(CNS photo/Michaela Rehle, Reuters) BERLIN -- Beset by a series of sex abuse and financial scandals, the Catholic Church in Germany is seeing ... 10,619 last year) and Wuerzburg, with 5,484 ...

The German city of Wuerzburg has a palace, a fortress, a cathedral, plenty of churches and an imposing City Hall, but the real heart of this Franconian town is the old stone bridge spanning the ...

It's a picturesque place, with a relaxed atmosphere and plenty of interest, from magnificent palaces to pretty churches and creaking ... Three of Germany's largest wine estates lie within ...

The towers of St. Kilian Cathedral seen from the Franconia Fountain in Würzburg, Germany, on April 7, 2025. KARL-JOSEF HILDENBRAND/ DPA VIA REUTERS Is Germany on the path to secularization?

BERLIN — More than 120 employees of the Catholic Church in Germany publicly outed themselves as queer on Monday, saying they want to "live openly without fear" in the church and pushing demands ...

The “Synodal Way” – in German: Synodaler Weg – is a controversial discussion process underway in Germany with the declared aim of addressing the Church’s clerical sexual abuse crisis ...

BERLIN (AP) — The group — including priests, religion teachers and administrative employees — publicly outed themselves, saying they want to live without fear. BERLIN (AP) — More than 120 ...

More than 100 employees of the Catholic Church in Germany publicly outed themselves as queer on Monday, saying they want to “live openly without fear” in the church and pushing demands for it ...