After months of controversy, progressive German bishops have failed to pass a document updating their teachings on sex, gender and masturbation. The document, "Living in Successful Relationships," was ...

The meeting, held in Rome on Nov. 12, took place in what a joint press statement described as an 'honest, open, and ...

The Catholic Church in Germany is facing a cascading financial crisis as declining revenues force dioceses nationwide to implement drastic spending cuts, with one diocese projecting a staggering ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has warned there’s a risk that a reform process in the German Catholic Church over calls for married priests and other possible liberalizing reforms might become harmfully ...

Mike Godwin was right. The longer an internet discussion goes on, the higher the likelihood someone will compare their ...

When Arturo Blazquez started studying theology three years ago, he approached it as a hobby, because he couldn't conceive ...

Germany’s Catholic bishops and lay representatives gathered on March 9 for the final meeting of a potentially groundbreaking reform assembly that has been marked by tensions between liberalizers and ...

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 ...

Last week, German chancellor Friedrich Merz announced that it is time for Syrian refugees in his country to return home. An ...

HAMBURG, Germany • Churches and messages are inseparable. So it is that three German churches swept by fires of war speak to the generations.

Churchgoers are used to the sound of coins clinking in the collection basket but one small congregation in the German town of Leer is now allowing people to contribute by card too. Worshippers no ...