400,000 more people left Germany's Catholic Church in 2023, marking the second-lowest departure rate since records began.
400,000 more people left Germany's Catholic Church in 2023, down from a record high in 2022. Church leaders are focusing on addressing a long-standing clergy abuse scandal and calls for reform. The decrease in departures was the second-lowest since records began. Church members in Germany also pay a supplementary church tax, which stops being levied upon leaving the Church.
June 27, 2024
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