BERLIN – The German government wants to ensure Jewish and Muslim parents can continue circumcising their sons despite a local court’s ruling that the practice amounts to criminal bodily harm. A ...

And they describe the positions of the German parties with regard to religious policy as well as positions abroad. "Ideas of what religious policy should look like in the future are sometimes so far ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

(RNS) The practical approach these faculties have taken contrasts sharply with the increasingly shrill declarations coming from Germany’s far-right. (RNS) While Germany’s politicians are loudly ...

Women shine flashlights on the main entrance to the Imperial Cathedral in Frankfurt, Germany, during a 2018 protest against sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in their country. The act was to ...

In a suburban community of the ancient Westphalian city of Bielefeld—a sprawling colony of hospitals and asylums that for nearly a century has been a center of German religious charities—120 leading ...

Mimi Lipis reflects the resurgence of Jewish life here. One of Germany’s 200,000 Jews, the 38-year-old lives in what used to be called West Berlin with her American husband Leo and three children. But ...

(The Conversation) — For decades, the Turkish government has sent imams to work in mosques across Germany. But the German Ministry of the Interior recently announced that it had reached an agreement ...

BERLIN — When Germans file their annual tax returns, religion matters a great deal. If you’re Catholic, tax authorities will likely collect an income tax surcharge of about 10 percent on behalf of ...

A new survey of heads of German Catholic religious orders found abuse allegations against at least 654 members over a period of decades, reported the German Catholic news agency KNA. The survey of 392 ...