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A man leaves an empty church in Bonn, Germany, June 12, 2020. (CNS/KNA/Harald Oppitz) BONN, Germany In the coronavirus year 2020, fewer Christians left the church in Germany than in previous years, two church organizations reported on July 14. About 221,000 Catholics quit the church, while 220,000 left the Evangelical Church in Germany, a federation of 20 Lutheran, Reformed and United Protestant regional churches and denominations and known by its German acronym EKD, reported the German Catholic news Agency KNA. The numbers represent a decline of about 20% from 2019, statistics showed. The latest figures put the Catholic Church s membership in 2020 at 22.2 million, accounting for 26.7% of Germany s population. The EKD membership in 2020 stood at 20.2 million, or 24.3% of the population.

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