Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Media representatives take pictures of printed copies of the study on abuse in the Protestant church. The first comprehensive ...

A man prays in Eisenach, Germany, Monday, May 6, 2019. At least 1,259 people working for the Protestant Church of Germany have committed sexual abuse in the last decades and more than 2,225 victims ...

The Federal Ministry of the Interior and the Federal Criminal Police Office found that attacks against German churches increased by 20% in 2024, with a total of 111 registered crimes, reported CNA ...

BERLINBERLIN — More than half a million people formally left the Catholic Church in Germany last year, significantly higher than the previous record as the church wrestles with a long-running scandal ...

The number of practicing Christians in Germany is falling. The result is surplus churches. What happens to these empty houses of worship?On its final day, St. Anna's is almost full again. A choir is ...

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The German Bishops’ Conference president has called Germany — a nation whose very history is entangled with the Catholic Church — a “mission country.” In an interview with the Society of the Divine ...

The Cologne Cathedral is seen at the end of an empty street in Cologne Germany, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Germany has entered a harder lockdown, closing shops and schools in an effort to bring down ...

BERLIN (AP) — The departures left the number of Catholic Church members in Germany at nearly 20.94 million, just under a quarter of the population. BERLIN (AP) — More than half a million people ...

BERLIN — More than half a million people formally left the Catholic Church in Germany last year, significantly higher than the previous record as the church wrestles with a long-running scandal over ...