BERLIN — More than half a million people formally left the Catholic Church in Germany last year ... That has led to massive tensions in the Cologne archdiocese, where the archbishop, Cardinal ...

Germany's Catholic Church said the float, made for a street parade in the western city of Cologne, shows an altar boy in front of a confessional with an arm sticking out and an outstretched hand ...

Germany's Catholic Church is in shock following this ... painful process. The Cologne-based financial accountant spoke of "many moments of shock" and "painful realizations" to do with sexual ...

A German regional court on Tuesday ordered the Archdiocese of Cologne to pay €300,000 ... A far higher sum than Germany's Catholic Church dioceses have paid in voluntary, symbolic compensation ...

BONN, Germany ... German Catholic news agency provided. The Independent Commission for Recognition Payments, headed by lawyer Margarete Reske, formerly the presiding judge at the Cologne Higher ...

(OSV News)—Germany’s Catholic ... Catholics quit the church in 2021, 60 percent more than during the previous year, with exit rates largest in the Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg and Munich-Freising ...

Over a dozen clergy and staff of the Archdiocese of Cologne in Western Germany attempted ... of Cologne explained to the Catholic News Agency that the church also monitors IT security ...

Protests and counter protests clash at a mass blessing of same sex couples outside of a cathedral in Cologne. (Video: Anthony Faiola) The Catholic Church in Germany is facing a crisis. Measurable ...

BERLINBERLIN — More than half a million people formally left the Catholic Church in Germany last year ... That has led to massive tensions in the Cologne archdiocese, where the archbishop ...