The number of practicing Christians in Germany is falling. The result is surplus churches. What happens to these empty houses of worship?On its final day, St. Anna's is almost full again. A choir is ...

It's been 100 years since Germany's first democratic government decided to stop making generous payments to its Protestant and Roman Catholic churches — and did nothing about it. The bill now runs to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Youssef, a Syrian refugee, sits in front of a used computer in his room at the rectory of the evangelical congregation of Bad ...

Thanks to the efforts of the German bishops under the leadership of Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich-Freising, the Church in Germany is poised to pursue a radical “binding synodal path” that seeks to ...

BERLIN, Germany — A third of all German Catholics are considering leaving the Church, according to a new survey published on Thursday. The representative study, unveiled March 11, was conducted by the ...