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The Church in Belgium published the “Synthesis of the synodal process in the Church in Belgium,” on July 6, 2022, bringing together the elements that appeared in the various groups during the meetings organized in preparation for the World Synod on synodality.
The number of people resigning from membership in the Catholic and Protestant churches has hit a new record low
BONN, Germany (CNS) -- For the first time in the history of Germany, less than half the German population registered as members of one of the two large churches: Catholic and Protestant. New figures on church membership resignations have come as a shock to many, reported the German Catholic news agency KNA. 'The figures for 2021 show the profound crisis in which we find ourselves as the Catholic Church in Germany. There is no way to sugarcoat it,' said Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the G
“The figures for 2021 show the profound crisis in which we find ourselves as the Catholic Church in Germany," said Bishop Georg Bätzing.
If “the Church” manifests the will of the people, then the path the German Church has chosen in the past decade leads right out the door.