“I think that there is a percentage of the German Church that seems to be resolutely heading in the wrong... Read more
Marx asked German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier not to bestow the Federal Cross of Merit on him. Read more
Germany’s leading Catholic bishop has criticized a request to halt public worship during a “hard lockdown” from Holy Thursday to... Read more
A German archbishop has announced that he is offering his resignation to Pope Francis and requesting “immediate release” from all... Read more
The full text of Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki’s interview with CNA Deutsch, following the publication of an independent report on... Read more
A German cardinal facing calls to resign has welcomed the release of a long-awaited report on the handling of abuse... Read more
A leading German Catholic bishop has cautioned priests against intercommunion with Protestants during an ecumenical event in May. Read more
The president of the German Catholic bishops’ conference said on Thursday that he would continue to give Holy Communion to... Read more
A German Catholic bishop has publicly defended his support for a book of blessings and rites for homosexual unions. Read more
The theologian Beate Gilles was elected general secretary of the German bishops’ conference on Monday, becoming the first woman to... Read more
A Vatican cardinal has responded to a German theologian who criticized him for opposing a proposal for a “Eucharistic meal... Read more
A German Catholic bishop said on Wednesday that he detected an “authoritarian despotism” in the procedures of the country’s controversial... Read more
A German cardinal facing calls to resign confirmed on Thursday that he would release an eagerly awaited report on abuse... Read more
German media have criticized the Archdiocese of Cologne for offering to provide a “background briefing” to journalists about an unpublished... Read more
A German cardinal announced Friday that he would ask Pope Francis to review his handling of a clerical abuse case. Read more
A German archbishop asked the Vatican Friday to review his handling of abuse allegations. Read more
Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops' conference, reaffirmed Sunday his view that intercommunion with Protestants should be possible,... Read more
The Vatican has told the German Bishops’ Conference that a forthcoming meeting in Rome to discuss Germans’ concerns about the... Read more
Pope Francis has expressed “dramatic concern” about the Catholic Church in Germany, according to a bishop who met him this... Read more
A German cardinal issued a stark warning Saturday about his country’s controversial “Synodal Way.” Read more