Report: Catholic Church Growing Everywhere but Europe
A comprehensive statistical report on Catholicism this week reveals growth where the Church is vibrantly orthodox and decline where it has fallen into worldly liberalism.
German Catholic Church
Papal Biographer: German Catholics Headed for Second Protestant Reformation
Papal biographer George Weigel has warned that the “synodal way” undertaken by the German Catholic bishops looks eerily like a second Protestant reformation.
German Bishops Snub Vatican Ban, Vow to Keep Blessing Gay Couples
The president of the German Bishops’ Conference said Friday that he will continue blessing gay couples and will allow his priests to do so as well.
German Bishop: You Can’t Tell Gays to Be ‘Celibate’
Aachen bishop Helmut Dieser has called on the Catholic Church to adopt a new vision of homosexuality just prior to visiting Pope Francis in the Vatican.
Vatican Reins In Germany’s Fractious ‘Synodal Way’
The Vatican sought to rein in the unruly German Catholic “Synodal Way” Thursday, declaring it has no authority to enact “new approaches to doctrine and morals” contrary to those of the universal Church.
Report: German Catholic Church Continues Hemorrhaging Members
The German bishops’ conference reported this week that 221,390 people left the Catholic Church in Germany during 2020, continuing a mass exodus of disgruntled believers that shows no signs of abating.
Vatican Experts: German Catholic Church Moving Toward ‘Schism’
The liberal Catholic Church in Germany seems to be taking steps toward a schism with Rome under the banner of “synodality,” according to veteran Vatican observers.
Pope Francis Fires ‘Shot Across the Bow’ of Catholic Church in Germany
Pope Francis has warned the Catholic Church in Germany that they may be doing the devil’s work if they start striking out on their own on matters of priestly celibacy, sexual morality, and clerical power.
Study Forecasts 50 Percent Drop in German Church Membership
A new study predicts a dramatic decline in German church membership over the next several decades with major financial and cultural implications.
Report Reveals Widespread Sex Abuse of ‘Mostly Male Minors’ in German Catholic Church
A leaked sexual abuse commission report documents more than 3,500 cases of “mostly male minors” who were victims of clerical sex abuse in Germany between 1946 and 2014.