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The debate over Germany’s departed faithful

How should the Church in Germany engage with Catholics who opt out of the country's 'church tax'?

Luke Coppen
Apr 25, 2023
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A German bishop reignited the debate Sunday over whether the hundreds of thousands of Catholics who formally declare an exit from the Church each year should be told they can no longer receive the Eucharist.

Auxiliary Bishop Ansgar Puff at a Corpus Christi procession at Cologne Cathedral in Germany in 2020. Credit: Raimond Spekking /wikimedia. CC BY-SA 4…

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