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So is Cardinal Marx for or against the blessing of same-sex unions?

February 8, 2018 No Comments

An attempt to clarify the cardinal’s comments has only created more confusion

Money can’t save German Catholicism

August 10, 2017 No Comments

The German Church is wealthy but in dramatic decline. Only a new ‘Reformation’ can save it

Churches denounce Germany’s billion-euro arms sales to Yemen and Saudi Arabia

December 15, 2016 No Comments

Germany’s Catholic bishops have frequently condemned their country’s arms industry

The new push to end priestly celibacy

February 25, 2016 No Comments

Those who want to overturn the ancient discipline are energetic, well organised and influential. But can they persuade Pope Francis to make such a radical change?

Pope Francis has chosen Africa over Germany

December 1, 2015 No Comments

Pope Francis has spoken out about the ‘erosion of the faith’ in Germany, while showing clear support for Africa’s Church of the poor

Pope to German bishops: the faith in your country is being eroded

November 20, 2015 No Comments

Francis says he hopes Year of Mercy can revive Confession and a better understanding of the Eucharist

Morning Catholic must-reads: 21/07/15

July 21, 2015 No Comments

A daily guide to what’s happening in the Catholic Church

Rich, powerful and distrusting the papacy

July 16, 2015 No Comments

The German Church, defined by centuries of tension with Rome, is regarded as a bastion of liberalism. But Teutonic Catholicism is much more diverse than outsiders realise

Church groups welcome German bishops’ changes to employment rules

May 13, 2015 No Comments

The German bishops’ have announced that it has changed the Church’s labour laws to reflect ‘multiple changes in legal practice, legislation and society’