In 2018, German artist Michael Triegel asked a homeless man in Rome to pose for a drawing, thinking that he would make an ideal model for St. Peter if he ever needed to paint the first pope.
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Another 400,000 people left Germany’s Catholic Church last year, but the pace slowed from 2022
Due to various factors including scandal and a mandatory church tax, more than 400,000 people left the Catholic Church in Germany in the last year. However, departures have gone down since 2022.
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A record half a million left the German Catholic Church last year
More than half a million people formally left the Catholic Church in Germany last year, significantly higher than the previous record as the church wrestles with a long-running scandal over abuse by clergy.
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Pope Francis orders apostolic visitation of German diocese to investigate abuse crisis
Two envoys will work to get a “comprehensive picture of the complex pastoral situation in the archdiocese.”
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Report: Hundreds of boys abused at German choir school
At least 547 members of a prestigious Catholic boys’ choir in Germany were physically or sexually abused between 1945 and 1992, according to a report released Tuesday.
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German church OKs case-by-case Communion for remarried
A statement from the German bishops’ conference “opens the possibility of receiving the sacraments of reconciliation and the Eucharist.”