The German state of Saxony has a public holiday today for Buß-und Bettag or Day of Prayer and Repentance. What is it and why does no other state mark it in the same way?
What started as a simple misunderstanding turned into sixteen years of paying a Church tax he barely understood – and then a surprisingly emotional goodbye. The Local's Tom Pugh explains what happened when he left the Catholic Church in Germany.
A push to revitalise Yiddish and its cultural traditions has gained momentum in Germany, the very place where the Nazi regime's Holocaust sought to eradicate the Jewish communities who spoke it.
The German Catholic Church is hoping that having a new pope who can speak German will prove a more willing ear to the country's desire for reform, according to its leaders.
February 28th marks the start of the Islamic holy festival of Ramadan, when Muslims around the world start their month-long fast. From dazzling lights in Frankfurt to Eid parties in Berlin, here's how Germany's Muslim community is celebrating.
Germany is planning to deport the leader of an Islamic centre in Hamburg it banned in July over alleged links to extremist groups, an interior ministry spokeswoman said Thursday.
Germany on Wednesday banned the Hamburg Islamic Centre, an association that has been under investigation for several months over its alleged support for Lebanon's Hezbollah group and its links to Iran.
The leader of the German Protestant Church, Annette Kurschus, on Monday stepped down from her post after being accused of covering up suspected sexual assault by a colleague.
More than half a million people in Germany left the Catholic Church last year, the country's bishops' conference said Wednesday, topping a record set in 2021 amid rampant sexual abuse scandals.
Germany's Catholic Church has ended a landmark renewal project by agreeing a slew of reforms including blessing same-sex marriages and allowing female deacons, at the risk of angering the Vatican.
When Kurt and Anna-Maria Spennesberger heard the news about former pope Benedict XVI's death, they immediately got into their car and drove 200 kilometres to the former
pontiff's southern German birth town Marktl.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz paid tribute to former pope Benedict XVI, who died Saturday aged 95, as a "special church leader" who helped shape the Catholic church.
The declining health of former pontiff Benedict XVI has sparked a wave of emotion in the region of Bavaria where he was born, while the controversies that marked his time in office remain vivid for many.
Germany's largest mosque will for the first time broadcast the call to prayer on Friday after city authorities in Cologne gave the go-ahead for a pilot project, under strict limits.
You might not have the day off today, but many people across the country do. The Catholic celebration of Mariä Himmelfahrt is a lesser known yet rather floral public holiday in many parts of southern Germany.
The director general of Documenta, one of the world's biggest art fairs, was forced to resign on Saturday following outrage over anti-Semitic exhibits upon opening in Germany last month.
Jewish leaders and Israel's embassy to Germany have voiced "disgust" over anti-Semitic images on display at Documenta, one of the world's biggest art fairs.
At least 600 young people were documented as having been abused by Catholic priests in the German diocese of Münster, but the actual number of victims could be 10 times higher, according to a report.
German Cardinal Reinhard Marx, whose archdiocese was the subject of a recent damning report into child sex abuses, said he was in favour of lifting the celibacy requirement for priests.
The mayor of Cologne has announced a two-year pilot project that will allow mosques to broadcast the call to prayer on the Muslim day of rest each week.
Employers can in principle ban staff from wearing headscarves in the workplace, an EU court ruled Thursday in two cases brought by Muslim women working in Germany.
Germany has launched a state-backed training centre for imams to help reduce the number of Islamic leaders coming in from abroad, but the initiative has been shunned by leading Turkish groups.
Pope Francis on Thursday rejected an offer by
Cardinal Reinhard Marx, a top German bishop, to resign over the mishandling of
sexual abuse and cover-up scandals.
