It's been 100 years since Germany's first democratic government decided to stop making generous payments to its Protestant and Roman Catholic churches — and did nothing about it. The bill now runs to ...

On its final day, St. Anna's is almost full again. A choir is singing and the small organ is supporting them. But this is the last mass in the small Catholic church in Gildehaus, a district of Bad ...

Pope Francis on Thursday took a swing at the Catholic Church's leadership in Germany, reminding faithful in the country that the German bishops do not have the authority to propagate new theology or ...

BERLIN (AP) — At least 1,259 people working for the Protestant Church of Germany have committed sexual abuse in the last decades and at least 2,225 victims were affected by the abuse according to an ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Youssef, a Syrian refugee, sits in front of a used computer in his room at the rectory of the evangelical congregation of Bad ...

Germany’s highest appeal court has ruled that a medieval sculpture can remain on the outside of a church in Wittenberg, eastern Germany, despite acknowledging that it is anti-Semitic. The sandstone ...

BERLIN, Germany — A third of all German Catholics are considering leaving the Church, according to a new survey published on Thursday. The representative study, unveiled March 11, was conducted by the ...

In the coronavirus year 2020, fewer Christians left the church in Germany than in previous years, two church organizations reported on July 14. About 221,000 Catholics quit the church, while 220,000 ...

BERLIN, Germany — More than 220,000 people left Catholic Church in Germany in 2020, according to official figures released on Wednesday. The statistics issued by the German bishops’ conference on July ...

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 ...