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March 2019

March 18, 2019

What’s the Deal with Germany, Anyway?

You have to wonder what's in the water. A few days ago, this news popped...

September 2018

September 12, 2018

Bombshell: German media reports on study citing thousands of abuse cases over decades

From Reuters: Roman Catholic clerics in Germany sexually abused thousands of children over a 70-year...

May 2018

May 04, 2018

Pope to German bishops: find ‘unanimous’ decision regarding intercommunion

From Vatican News: At a meeting in the Vatican on Thursday, senior Vatican officials and...

May 01, 2018

German leaders to meet with Pope Francis Thursday on question of intercommunion

And John Allen offers this interesting context: Cardinal Marx’s response to the letter by seven...

November 2014

November 22, 2014

Report: German bishops to vote on “hidden bombshell”

From The National Catholic Register: In the latest in a series of attempts by German...

November 28, 2013

German bishops defend position on communion for the divorced and remarried

From Catholic News Service: Church officials in Germany defended plans by the country's bishops' conference...

February 2013

February 21, 2013

German bishops allow “morning after” pill in cases of rape—UPDATED

Details from the AP: Roman Catholic-run hospitals can prescribe limited emergency contraception to rape victims,...

January 2013

January 10, 2013

German church drops sex abuse investigation; independent researcher claims church interference

Details, from AP: Germany's Roman Catholic Church said Wednesday it has called off an independent...

September 2012

September 22, 2012

German bishops will refuse sacraments to those who don’t pay “church tax”

At a time when more Germans are leaving the Church and fewer are being baptized,...

April 2012

April 16, 2012

A million expected to see the “Holy Robe” of Jesus in Germany

It's just gone on display, for the first time in decades: Over the next four...

December 2011

December 29, 2011

“God’s igloo”: Germans build Catholic church made of ice

I shudder to think what baptisms would be like. Details: A church built entirely of...

December 16, 2011

What’s so funny? Here’s proof that laughter is contagious

From a train in Germany, a fit of laughter spreads like a virus -- or...

September 2011

September 23, 2011

Muslim leader to Pope: "I wish to see Muslims and Christians growing in mutual understanding…"

"The following story by the Prophet Mohammed reminds us of the Gospel according to Matthew:...

September 23, 2011

Pope to Muslims: "We believers have a special contribution to make…"

"From the 1970s onwards, the presence of numerous Muslim families has increasingly become a distinguishing...

August 2011

August 03, 2011

Remembering a courageous pro-life homily that made history

It happened 70 years ago today: the Bishop of Munster, Germany climbed into the pulpit...

August 03, 2011

New German website lets parishioners rate their priests

If this catches on here in the States, it could make life very interesting ......

July 2011

July 29, 2011

More Germans leaving Catholic Church, fewer being baptized

The numbers are grim, but sadly unsurprising, given the bad news out of the German...

February 2011

February 22, 2011

Pope grants special permission for married man to be ordained priest — UPDATED

It happened in Germany. Details, from the New York Daily News: A married father of...