https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Pope Francis on Thursday rejected an offer by Cardinal Reinhard Marx, a top German bishop, to resign over the mishandling of sexual abuse and cover-up scandals. https://www.thelocal.de/20210610/pope-rejects-german-bishops-offer-to-quit-over-abuse-scandal Thu, 10 Jun 2021 15:04:58 +0200 pope-rejects-german-bishops-offer-to-quit-over-abuse-scandal One of Germany's leading Catholic bishops, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, said Friday he had offered Pope Francis his resignation over the church's "institutional and systemic failure" in its handling of child sex abuse scandals. https://www.thelocal.de/20210604/german-bishop-resigns-over-catholic-churchs-failure-in-abuse-scandal Fri, 04 Jun 2021 14:33:14 +0200 german-bishop-resigns-over-catholic-churchs-failure-in-abuse-scandal Pope Francis has ordered an apostolic visitation of the archdiocese of Cologne, which has been rocked by a damning report on child sex abuse, the diocese said Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20210529/pope-probe-german-diocese-over-child-sex-abuse Sat, 29 May 2021 14:10:20 +0200 pope-probe-german-diocese-over-child-sex-abuse An independent study commissioned by the Roman Catholic Church uncovered hundreds of cases of sexual violence committed by clergy and laymen in Germany's top diocese, its authors said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20210318/over-300-victims-sexually-abused-through-germanys-top-diocese-in-cologne Thu, 18 Mar 2021 13:00:59 +0100 over-300-victims-sexually-abused-through-germanys-top-diocese-in-cologne Pressure increased on Friday on a powerful German Catholic archbishop who has for months blocked the publication of a report about alleged sexual abuse of minors by members of his diocese. https://www.thelocal.de/20210130/tensions-mount-in-german-catholic-church-over-abuse-report Sat, 30 Jan 2021 11:10:41 +0100 tensions-mount-in-german-catholic-church-over-abuse-report German bishops agreed Thursday that victims of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church are entitled to payouts of up to €50,000 each, a figure campaigners insisted was far too low. https://www.thelocal.de/20200924/german-catholic-church-to-pay-abuse-victims-up-to-50000 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 18:48:54 +0200 german-catholic-church-to-pay-abuse-victims-up-to-50000 Former pope Benedict XVI travelled from the Vatican to Germany on Thursday to visit his sick brother, officials said, in his first trip abroad since his shock resignation in 2013. https://www.thelocal.de/20200618/former-pope-benedict-makes-first-trip-to-native-germany-since-2013 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 18:36:43 +0200 former-pope-benedict-makes-first-trip-to-native-germany-since-2013 German bishops have announced higher compensation for victims of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church but victims say the proposals fall far short of expectations. https://www.thelocal.de/20200306/we-will-continue-to-fight-german-church-increases-payouts-but-abuse-victims-say-its-not-enough Fri, 06 Mar 2020 09:48:06 +0100 we-will-continue-to-fight-german-church-increases-payouts-but-abuse-victims-say-its-not-enough Catholic bishops in Germany on Tuesday chose a reformist as their new leader, with a challenging agenda ahead for a Church discussing controversial reforms and compensation demands from sexual abuse victims. https://www.thelocal.de/20200303/germanys-embattled-catholic-church-elects-reformist-leader Tue, 03 Mar 2020 17:51:57 +0100 germanys-embattled-catholic-church-elects-reformist-leader German bishops gather for key talks from Monday where they will choose a new leader to help steer the country's Catholic Church through a controversial reforms process and settle compensation demands from sexual abuse victims. https://www.thelocal.de/20200302/germanys-under-fire-catholic-church-seeks-new-leader Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:45:54 +0100 germanys-under-fire-catholic-church-seeks-new-leader A prominent cardinal in Düsseldorf has reportedly been placed on leave due to an allegation that he sexually assaulted an adult clergyman in 2012. https://www.thelocal.de/20190320/dsseldorf-cardinal-suspended-after-sexual-harassment-allegation Wed, 20 Mar 2019 10:15:57 +0100 dsseldorf-cardinal-suspended-after-sexual-harassment-allegation Germany's under-fire Catholic Church admitted Thursday it must urgently confront its child sex abuse scandal, but victims accused it of continued "stonewalling", especially on compensation. https://www.thelocal.de/20190314/germanys-catholic-church-to-address-child-sex-abuse-scandal-as-protests-take-place Thu, 14 Mar 2019 09:45:14 +0100 germanys-catholic-church-to-address-child-sex-abuse-scandal-as-protests-take-place One of the most senior German figures in the Catholic Church has controversially denied that sexual abuse was a problem in the Catholic Church, saying that the problem was caused by gay men rather than catholic priests. https://www.thelocal.de/20190104/homosexuality-at-fault-for-sex-abuse-not-catholic-church-says-german-cardinal Fri, 04 Jan 2019 13:08:11 +0100 homosexuality-at-fault-for-sex-abuse-not-catholic-church-says-german-cardinal The German Catholic Church vowed Thursday a thorough look at its practices including the issue of celibacy, in a shakeup of the system following a damning child sex abuse scandal. https://www.thelocal.de/20180928/celibacy-is-not-a-dogma-german-catholic-church-to-examine-practices Fri, 28 Sep 2018 12:47:01 +0200 celibacy-is-not-a-dogma-german-catholic-church-to-examine-practices Germany's Catholic Church on Tuesday apologized to victims of sexual assault by clergy, with the institution's top cardinal saying perpetrators must be brought to justice. https://www.thelocal.de/20180925/german-catholic-church-to-own-up-to-decades-of-child-abuse Tue, 25 Sep 2018 10:46:56 +0200 german-catholic-church-to-own-up-to-decades-of-child-abuse More than 3,600 children were sexually assaulted by Catholic priests in Germany over nearly seven decades, local media reported Wednesday, citing a study commissioned by the German Bishops Conference. https://www.thelocal.de/20180912/catholic-priests-abused-thousands-in-germany-study Wed, 12 Sep 2018 16:12:41 +0200 catholic-priests-abused-thousands-in-germany-study Pope Francis has dismissed the church's chief of doctrine, Cardinal Gerhard Mueller -- one of the most powerful cardinals at the Vatican -- and appointed a Spanish archbishop to the role, the Vatican said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170702/pope-dismisses-doctrine-chief-in-turbulent-week-for-vatican Sun, 02 Jul 2017 13:38:08 +0200 pope-dismisses-doctrine-chief-in-turbulent-week-for-vatican Alternative for Germany (AfD) leader Frauke Petry took on the Catholic Church on Wednesday, calling bishops "dishonest" for their involvement in refugee politics. https://www.thelocal.de/20160218/alternative-for-germany-slams-dishonest-church-over-refugees Thu, 18 Feb 2016 11:23:49 +0100 alternative-for-germany-slams-dishonest-church-over-refugees The German Catholic Church called for a reduction in the influx of refugees arriving in Germany, saying the country cannot take in "all the world's needy," according to an interview published on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160206/germany-cannot-take-all-the-worlds-needy-catholic-cardinal Sat, 06 Feb 2016 17:18:29 +0100 germany-cannot-take-all-the-worlds-needy-catholic-cardinal Germany's branch of the Catholic Church will "never" be finished dealing with the fallout from decades of abuse against children by members of the clergy, a bishop said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20151208/church-still-dealing-with-history-of-abuse Tue, 08 Dec 2015 11:36:03 +0100 church-still-dealing-with-history-of-abuse