Munich report on sex abuse heightens Catholic Church divide over sexuality ... bids farewell to the Bavarian believers in downtown Munich, Germany, Feb. 28, 1982. The Vatican on Jan. 26, 2022, ...

ROME — A report into sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Germany's Munich diocese has found that retired Pope Benedict XVI failed to act in four cases between 1977 and 1982 when he was ...

Berlin, Germany, Aug 23, 2016 / 02:04 am. The plummeting number of priestly vocations in the Catholic Church in Germany is raising questions about the roots of the problem, and whether the ...

BERLIN (AP) — The departures left the number of Catholic Church members in Germany at nearly 20.94 million, just under a quarter of the population.

Matthias Schrader. FILE - A man sits in the empty 'Church of our Lady' in Munich, Germany, Thursday, March 19, 2020. Another 400,000 people formally left the Catholic Church in Germany last year ...

In the last year alone, the Catholic Church lost almost 220,000 members in Germany. The primary causes are adults leaving the churches, dwindling baptism rates and an aging population.

More than half a million people formally left the Catholic Church in Germany last year, significantly higher than the previous record as the church wrestles with a long-running scandal over abuse ...

BERLIN — More than half a million people formally left the Catholic Church in Germany last year, significantly higher than the previous record as the church wrestles with a long-running scandal ...