Thousands leave church in Germany

Thursday, July 27th, 2017

About 160,000 Catholics left the Church in Germany last year.

This is a decrease in the 180,000 who left in 2015. The Church is one of the organs of state in Germany and members must pay a church tax. Read more

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The tax raid driving German faithful from the church.

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Tags: Church tax, Germany

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