Figures released last week by the German bishops’ conference paint a bleak picture of the ongoing decline of Catholicism in Germany: in 2015 more than 181,000 Catholics left the faith; fewer than 10,000 became Catholic or returned to the Church.
The crisis in the German Church
Figures released last week by the German bishops’ conference paint a bleak picture of the ongoing decline of Catholicism in Germany: in 2015 more than 181,000 Catholics left the faith; fewer than 10,000 became Catholic or returned to the Church.
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