Germany

Cardinal Marx urges Church to combat 'inhuman' right-wing radicalism, racism

Cardinal Marx urges Church to combat 'inhuman' right-wing radicalism, racism

Cardinal Marx urges Church to combat “inhuman” right-wing radicalism, racism

German Catholic Workers throw support behind Europe-wide push for unconditional basic income

German Catholic Workers throw support behind Europe-wide push for unconditional basic income

German Catholic Workers throw support behind Europe-wide push for unconditional basic income

Author of paper on shared Communion with Protestants rejects Vatican criticism

Author of paper on shared Communion with Protestants rejects Vatican criticism

Author of paper on shared Communion with Protestants rejects Vatican criticism: “The CDF is one voice among many in theology”

German Catholic women demand bishops address Church power imbalance

German Catholic women demand bishops address Church power imbalance

German Catholic women demand bishops address Church power imbalance: “We are still a long way from being where we belong”

A priest distributing communion (stock)

A priest distributing communion (stock)

German Bishops defiant in wake of Vatican refusal of intercommunion with Protestants

German Catholics appeal to citizens not to vote for 'right-wing extremist' AfD

German Catholics appeal to citizens not to vote for 'right-wing extremist' AfD

German Catholic women declare far-right AfD “not compatible” with Christian values

German Catholic bishop resists new Vatican prohibition on shared Communion with Protestants

German Catholic bishop resists new Vatican prohibition on shared Communion with Protestants

German Catholic bishop resists new Vatican prohibition on shared Communion with Protestants

German Catholic women protest for equal rights in Church

German Catholic women protest for equal rights in Church

German Catholic women protest for equal rights in Church: “Bringing the Word of God to the people is not a task reserved for men alone”

Expressing 'closeness and solidarity' to COVID-19-hit Spain, German Bishops' head shows up 'pettiness' of Chancellor Merkel

Expressing 'closeness and solidarity' to COVID-19-hit Spain, German Bishops' head shows up 'pettiness' of Chancellor Merkel

German Bishops’ chair says female diaconate “very legitimate”, warns if women leave “the existence of the Church is in danger”

German Catholic students criticise patriarchal language for the divine - 'God is just as much woman and mother'

German Catholic students criticise patriarchal language for the divine - 'God is just as much woman and mother'

German Catholic students criticise patriarchal language for the divine: “God is just as much woman and mother”

New German Bishops' chair says place of women in Church 'most urgent question' for future

New German Bishops' chair says place of women in Church 'most urgent question' for future

German Bishops’ head claps back at Cologne cardinal after he warned of danger of schism in ‘synodal path’ reform process

Catholic historian - 'Everything rigid and immovable goes against the essence of the Church'

Catholic historian - 'Everything rigid and immovable goes against the essence of the Church'

German Catholic historian: “Everything rigid and immovable goes against the essence of the Church”

German Catholic youth boycott Nestlé

German Catholic youth boycott Nestlé

German Catholic youth boycott Nestlé over environmental protection, human rights concerns

German Catholic students adopt inclusive language for God - 'God cannot be assigned to any gender or other human categories'

German Catholic students adopt inclusive language for God - 'God cannot be assigned to any gender or other human categories'

German Catholic students adopt inclusive language for God: “God cannot be assigned to any gender or other human categories”

German women are already studying to be deacons - 'Gender equality and diaconality are indispensable for the future of the Church'

German women are already studying to be deacons - 'Gender equality and diaconality are indispensable for the future of the Church'

German women are already studying to be deacons: “Gender equality and diaconality are indispensable for the future of the Church”

Frankfurt dean calls for 'separation of powers' in Church to reverse 'landslide loss of reputation and trust'

Frankfurt dean calls for 'separation of powers' in Church to reverse 'landslide loss of reputation and trust'

Frankfurt dean calls for “separation of powers” in Church to reverse “landslide loss of reputation and trust”

Cardinal Marx

Cardinal Marx

Cardinal Marx encourages world to “think beyond capitalism” post-COVID-19

Cologne cardinal Woelki

Cologne cardinal Woelki

Cologne archdiocese plans to slash number of parishes from 500 to 50 or 60 in ten years

Nun blasts clericalist priests - ''To be holy' cannot mean uptight, superior, arrogant, contemptuous of women, hypocritical...'

Nun blasts clericalist priests - ''To be holy' cannot mean uptight, superior, arrogant, contemptuous of women, hypocritical...'

Nun blasts clericalist priests: “‘To be holy’ cannot mean uptight, superior, arrogant, contemptuous of women, hypocritical…”

German bishop hopes for change in 'discriminatory' Catholic sexual morality

German bishop hopes for change in 'discriminatory' Catholic sexual morality

German bishop hopes for change in “discriminatory” Catholic sexual morality

German Catholic women decry 'male dominance' in Church - 'Instead of monarchy and hierarchy, democracy and empathy!'

German Catholic women decry 'male dominance' in Church - 'Instead of monarchy and hierarchy, democracy and empathy!'

German Catholic women decry “male dominance” in Church: “Instead of monarchy and hierarchy, democracy and empathy!”

Women take to pulpits in German diocese - 'It is not enough to give testimony only in the family or at work'

Women take to pulpits in German diocese - 'It is not enough to give testimony only in the family or at work'

Women take to pulpits in German diocese: “It is not enough to give testimony only in the family or at work”

Priest urges Church to shed 'ballast' of 'hindering' tradition - 'Why don't we take the Holy Scripture and look at what is really in it'

Priest urges Church to shed 'ballast' of 'hindering' tradition - 'Why don't we take the Holy Scripture and look at what is really in it'

Priest urges Church to shed “ballast” of “hindering” tradition: “Why don’t we take the Holy Scripture and look at what is really in it?”

To prevent war, fight injustice and poverty, care for the environment, watch language - German bishop

To prevent war, fight injustice and poverty, care for the environment, watch language - German bishop

To prevent war, fight injustice and poverty, care for the environment, watch language: German bishop

German bishop hits out at conservative Catholic haters online

German bishop hits out at conservative Catholic haters online

German bishop hits out at conservative Catholic haters online: “They don’t give a testimony to our Lord”

German abbess prosecuted for sheltering refugees says she would accept jail term with a 'clear conscience'

German abbess prosecuted for sheltering refugees says she would accept jail term with a 'clear conscience'

German abbess prosecuted for sheltering refugees says she would accept jail term with a “clear conscience”

Young German Catholics appeal for gender justice in Church as Bishops accept Vatican dialogue on parish instruction... with a catch

Young German Catholics appeal for gender justice in Church as Bishops accept Vatican dialogue on parish instruction... with a catch

Young German Catholics appeal for gender justice in Church as Bishops accept Vatican dialogue on parish instruction… with a catch

German slaughterhouse anti-slavery priest - 'Capital has to serve the people and not vice versa!'

German slaughterhouse anti-slavery priest - 'Capital has to serve the people and not vice versa!'

German priest advocate for migrant workers declares: “As a Church we have to stand up for those with no lobby”

Bishop of Mainz (Germany), Peter Kohlgraf

German bishop says need for Catholic renewal not about saving Church but rediscovering gospel

German archbishop, Austrian bishop want more debate on ordination of women

German archbishop, Austrian bishop want more debate on ordination of women

“The discussion is still alive”: German archbishop, Austrian bishop want more debate on ordination of women