LONDON (AP) — Britain will lower the voting age from 18 to 16 by the next national election as part of measures to increase ...

Bishop Stefan Oster of Passau and Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer of Regensburg declared that anyone who relativizes human dignity ...

Central Committee of German Catholics published a pamphlet titled, “Blessings Strengthen Love. Blessings for Couples Who Love Each Other.” ...

The mental health industry watchdog International (CCHR) is calling for sweeping reforms to inform families and ...

A German court on Tuesday rejected a sexual abuse survivor's claim for €830,000 ($980,000) in compensation, ruling that the Catholic Church cannot be held liable for the actions of a priest ...

After dramatic losses during the time of state socialism, both religion and churches have continued to lose social significance since 1989. Research findings support the secularization thesis as the ...

BERLIN (RNS) — In February, Germany’s far-right party Alternative für Deutschland made sweeping gains in a federal election, especially in the country’s east, formerly the German Democratic ...

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to immediately halt indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests in seven California counties, including Los Angeles. The judge’s order comes after ...

In India, the Nalgonda Bishop Karnam Dhaman Kumar of Nalgonda has been barred from a German diocese over sexual abuse allegations.

St. Michael's, Hamburg's largest church, is actually the third church to be built in the same spot and was constructed in 1912. Visitors flock to the landmark church to see its five different ...

The number of people in monastic orders in Germany is sinking, with many convents and monasteries facing dissolution. What happen to the buildings, traditions, and the communities they once housed?