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‘Urgent need to address dangers’: American bishops meet AI representatives

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Catholic Church Germany

An election poster of the German far right Alternative for Germany party (AfD), right, is attached to a lamppost in front of a giant election poster showing a map of Germany, at the headquarters of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 29, 2025. Slogan reads: ‘Now AfD’. (Credit: Michael Sohn/AP.)

German far-right wins state elections after local church’s warnings

Sep 7
Fionn Shiner

An elaborately decorated skeleton stands in the catholic monastery church of Banz in Bad Staffelstein, Germany, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (Credit: Matthias Schrader/AP.)

Elaborately decorated skeletons in Catholic churches across Bavaria take some visitors by surprise

May 9
Kirsten Grieshaber

View of the Inner Alster, or Binnenalster in Hamburg, Germany Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (Credit: Daniel Bockwoldt/dpa via AP.)

‘Vote consciously’: German church launches campaign for crucial regional elections that could see far-right victory

May 7
Fionn Shiner

An election poster of the German far right Alternative for Germany party (AfD), right, is attached to a lamppost in front of a giant election poster showing a map of Germany, at the headquarters of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 29, 2025. Slogan reads: ‘Now AfD’. (Credit: Michael Sohn/AP.)

Germany’s far-right targets church funding

Apr 15
Fionn Shiner

The Cologne Cathedral is seen in Cologne, Germany, July 6, 2004. (Credit: Hermann J. Knippertz/AP.)

Cologne Cathedral, one of Germany’s best-known landmarks, to charge tourists for admission

Mar 6
Associated Press

A rainbow by a church. (Credit: Nikola Tomašić/Unsplash.)

Germany approved guidelines for promoting ‘Fiducia supplicans blessings’ during Sede Vacante

Jul 21, 2025
José Lorenzo,
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The Church of St. Bartholomäus in Essen, Oldenburg in Germany. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Bishop in India barred from visiting Germany due to abuse allegations

Jun 25, 2025
Nirmala Carvalho

Augsburg Cathedral. (Credit: Wikipedia.)

Members of abuse commission in German diocese resign, citing lack of transparency

Apr 25, 2024
Crux Now Staff

Pope warns Germany’s ‘Synodal Way’ threatens Church unity

Nov 23, 2023
Elise Ann Allen

Vatican snub to theologian may reflect tensions between Rome and Germany

Jul 4, 2023
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