The number of practicing Christians in Germany is falling. The result is surplus churches. On its final day, St. Anna's is almost full again.

More than 11,000 Christians gathered in the Bavarian city of Augsburg this week for one of Europe’s largest ecumenical faith ...

Media representatives take pictures of printed copies of the study on abuse in the Protestant church. The first comprehensive study on sexualized violence in the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD) and ...

A man prays in Eisenach, Germany, Monday, May 6, 2019. At least 1,259 people working for the Protestant Church of Germany have committed sexual abuse in the last decades and more than 2,225 victims ...

More than 220,000 people left Catholic Church in Germany in 2020, according to official figures released on Wednesday. The statistics issued by the German bishops’ conference on July 14 showed that ...

Explore Ettal Abbey in Bavaria and discover why many consider it one of the most beautiful churches in Germany. From its stunning Baroque architecture to its peaceful Alpine setting near Munich, this ...

Observers of the Catholic Church in Germany have long feared that the country’s ongoing Synodal Way would lead to a split from Rome. And after the German bishops refused a Vatican request in November ...

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 over ...

A man leaves an empty church in Bonn Germany, June 12, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of people resigning from membership in the Catholic Church has hit a new record in Germany in 2022 ...

In the coronavirus year 2020, fewer Christians left the church in Germany than in previous years, two church organizations reported on July 14. About 221,000 Catholics quit the church, while 220,000 ...

Germany’s highest appeal court has ruled that a medieval sculpture can remain on the outside of a church in Wittenberg, eastern Germany, despite acknowledging that it is anti-Semitic. The sandstone ...