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Archbishop Georg Gänswein at the Vatican Press Conference presenting the CD Cantate Domino by Sistine Chapel on Sept. 29, 2015.

Archbishop Ganswein calls German Church Tax 'a serious problem'

Jul 18, 2016

Archbishop Georg Ganswein has criticized the German Church Tax process, calling its handling of people opting out of the controversial... Read more

German bishops release new figures: fewer churchgoers, parishes, and priests

Jul 16, 2016

Figures released Friday by the German bishops' conference draw a bleak picture of the ongoing decline of Catholicism in Germany.  Read more

Cardinals talk after the consistory on November 24, 2012 in St. Peter's Basilica.

German prelate breaks rank with Cardinal Marx, insists on fidelity to Rome

Mar 24, 2015

A German cardinal has publicly opposed the words of two other German bishops who have suggested that the nation’s Church... Read more

German Chancellor Angela Merkel prepares to meet Pope Francis.

Ukraine, poverty, G7 discussed by Pope, German chancellor

Feb 21, 2015

The ongoing crisis in Ukraine was among the topics covered by Pope Francis and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in their... Read more

Freiburger Münster, or the Cathedral of Freiburg im Breisgau on April 9, 2014.

Freiburg archdiocese given new bishop, from among its priests

May 31, 2014

Father Stephan Burger, a priest of the Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau, was appointed archbishop of the same local Church,... Read more

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A Planned Parenthood facility in Indianapolis.

Pro-lifers hold nationwide day of protest to defund Planned Parenthood

Participants in the three-day planned peaceful protests in Nigeria’s Diocese of Auchi from March 25–27, 2025, emphasized the need for improved security and called for an end to abductions targeting the clergy that have resulted in deaths of some of the abductees.

3-day peaceful protests in Nigerian diocese call for end to abductions, killings

More than 60 men died after a mosque collapsed in Sagaing Township aftera 7.7-magmitude earthquake struck Myanmar on March 28, 2025.

Catholics race against time and obstacles to help earthquake victims in Myanmar

U.S. Supreme Court.

Supreme Court hears arguments on state defunding of Planned Parenthood

Polonia Castellanos, founder of the Spanish Association of Christian Lawyers.

Report: Attacks on Catholics increasingly common and tolerated in Europe and Latin America

Vice President JD Vance speaks at a film-screening event April 1, 2025, at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C.

JD Vance speaks at Rod Dreher’s ‘Live Not by Lies’ screening in Washington, DC

Asylum seekers wait for their CBP One appointments with U.S. authorities before crossing through El Chaparral port in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on Jan. 20, 2025.

Catholic, evangelical leaders: ‘Suffering’ of mass deportation affects all Christians

Participants speak at the conference “Jews and Catholics on Ethics: A Light to the Nations” at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome on April 1, 2025.

At Vatican conference, Catholic and Jewish scholars discuss faith as foundation for ethics

Cardinal Vincent Nichols of the Archdiocese of Westminster.

UK bishops’ conference president speaks out against ‘deeply flawed’ assisted suicide bill

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Pope Francis: ‘God does not pass by without looking for those who are lost’

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