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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

BERLIN (JTA) — A one-man effort to remove a medieval anti-Jewish sculpture from public view in Germany has failed. The Federal Supreme Court in Karlsruhe announced Tuesday that the St. Marien Church ...

Left-wing firebrand Sahra Wagenknecht takes a back seat as country debates military service and main Protestant church ...

(RNS) — One of Germany’s biggest trade associations, representing 10 million insured people, has given victims of sexual abuse a powerful ally with deep pockets and highly paid lawyers. (RNS) — ...