BERLIN — Prayerful ritual is as old as religion itself: Gather the faithful. Make a joyful noise. But the coronavirus has changed the face of worship the world over, transforming churches and other ...

FRANKFURT, Germany — A German bishop’s proposal that the Catholic Church could provide blessing ceremonies for gay couples, as well as divorced-and-civilly-remarried couples, gained support at a ...

Instead of comfortable footwear, participants in Germany's third ecumenical convention, or kirchentag, will need stable internet connections. Organizers had hoped to attract more than 100,000 visitors ...

FRANKFURT, Germany — The fourth plenary assembly of the Synodal Path in Frankfurt ended Sept. 10 with a series of far-reaching reform resolutions. They concern, for example, the position of women and ...

FRANKFURT, GERMANY — The Synodal Path of the Catholic Church in Germany wants laypeople to be able to participate in choosing bishops and wants the church to have women deacons. The third Synodal ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - More than 40 people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus following a church service in Frankfurt, Germany's financial center, earlier this month, the head of the city's ...

Some laypeople who spoke with the Register support its heterodox approach, but others warn their local Church is careening toward schism. Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops' ...

An increasing number of refugees in Germany are turning to churches for protection, largely against threatened deportation, the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD) told the news organization Funke ...

A German bishop's proposal that the Catholic Church could provide blessing ceremonies for gay couples, as well as divorced and civilly remarried couples, gained support at a Church conference in ...