German Catholics were blessed to attend the funeral of Benedict XVI. Birgit Kelle, the spokeswoman for New Beginning photographed here wearing a Bavarian flag in St. Peter’s Square following ...

German Catholics are facing a stark choice: Pay a church tax or forget about receiving the sacraments, including baptisms, weddings and funerals. Germany taxes registered Catholics, Protestants ...

Catholic parents wishing to protect their children from such education face ‘complete entrapment,’ say pro-family advocates, ...

German Catholics are meeting to debate what remain taboo subjects for many in the church – lifting celibacy policies and whether to allow women to play bigger roles in ecclesiastical life. The ...

(RNS) — New guidelines intended to allow German Protestants to receive Catholic Eucharist with their Catholic spouses has left the country's Catholics caught between its majority’s desire for ...

The struggles German Catholics are having with changes in the eucharistic prayer will be familiar for U.S. Catholics whose Mass language changed in 2011. In 2013, Germans who are used to praying ...

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 ...

Progressive German Catholics to bless same-sex unions despite Vatican ban. Vicar Wolfgang Rothe blesses same-sex couple Christine Walter and Almut Muenster during a service Sunday in Munich, Germany.

A German cardinal was publicly criticized by the powerful Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK) on Monday for formally warning a priest over same-sex blessings in the Archdiocese of Cologne.

German Catholics are facing a stark choice: Pay a church tax or forget about receiving the sacraments, including baptisms, weddings and funerals. Germany taxes registered Catholics, Protestants ...

If you're a Protestant married to a Catholic in Germany, you might be able to receive Communion along with your spouse in the Catholic Church. Then again, you may not be welcome to do so.