German leaders see crisis as Catholics resign from the church
For the first time in the history of Germany, less than half the German population registered as members of one of the two large churches: Catholic and Protestant.
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by bcadmin | Jun 30, 2022 | Bishop Georg Bätzing, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, church tax, German bishops, German Church, Germany, News | 0 |
For the first time in the history of Germany, less than half the German population registered as members of one of the two large churches: Catholic and Protestant.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 9, 2021 | Catholic Church, Cei, charity, Church in Europe, church tax, Italy, lead, News, Taxpayer funds | 0 |
As of 2020, the Catholic Church in Italy’s main source of revenue, a provision in Italian tax law called the “8×1000,” or the “eight per thousand,” has dropped to a historic low.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 14, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, church tax, German Church, Germany, News | 0 |
Germany’s lower house of Parliament is considering replacing state payments to the nation’s two largest churches. The Catholic and Protestant churches received combined state benefits of more than $650 million in 2020.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 17, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Cei, Church in Europe, Church in Italy, church tax, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Italian bishops, Italy, News | 0 |
The Italian bishops’ conference has distributed another 10 million euros ($11.2 million) to the dioceses in northern Italy hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 28, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, church tax, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, German bishops, German Church, Germany, News | 0 |
Catholic bishops in Germany are bracing for a major drop in church taxation revenues as a result of the coronavirus crisis, reported the German Catholic news agency, KNA.
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