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 A German court in Traunstein on Friday handed a life term to an Afghan asylum seeker who stabbed to death a compatriot mother-of-four because she had converted to Christianity. https://www.thelocal.de/20180209/afghan-gets-life-term-in-germany-for-killing-christian-mother Fri, 09 Feb 2018 15:24:10 +0100 afghan-gets-life-term-in-germany-for-killing-christian-mother An Afghan asylum seeker went on trial in southern Germany on Tuesday accused of stabbing to death a compatriot mother-of-four because he was furious she had converted to Christianity. https://www.thelocal.de/20180123/trial-starts-of-afghan-accused-of-killing-christian-convert-mother-of-four Tue, 23 Jan 2018 15:30:14 +0100 trial-starts-of-afghan-accused-of-killing-christian-convert-mother-of-four Germany's far-right AfD party fired back Thursday at criticism from church leaders charging them with taking on the same "disreputable role they played" during the Nazi era. https://www.thelocal.de/20171221/far-right-party-accuses-cdu-of Thu, 21 Dec 2017 14:54:37 +0100 far-right-party-accuses-cdu-of Across Germany small numbers of Muslim refugees are being baptized. But the reasons for why they change their faith are complicated. https://www.thelocal.de/20161209/how-some-muslim-refugees-are-converting-to-christianity Fri, 09 Dec 2016 13:53:37 +0100 how-some-muslim-refugees-are-converting-to-christianity A holy relic on display in Frankfurt Cathedral since October has been stolen, to the dismay of the city deacon. https://www.thelocal.de/20160427/thief-steals-holy-skull-from-frankfurt-cathedral Wed, 27 Apr 2016 14:15:18 +0200 thief-steals-holy-skull-from-frankfurt-cathedral A survey of Catholics in Germany has revealed that most don't stick to traditional religious teachings when it comes to views on marriage and sexuality. https://www.thelocal.de/20150820/germanys-catholics-support-same-sex-marriage-study Thu, 20 Aug 2015 13:31:53 +0200 germanys-catholics-support-same-sex-marriage-study Cardinal Reinhard Marx, head of the Catholic Church in Germany, has warned his flock not to push the Church to go against its traditional teaching about homosexuality and divorce after they called for change. https://www.thelocal.de/20150515/church-lags-faithful-over-gay-couples-divorce Fri, 15 May 2015 16:41:14 +0200 church-lags-faithful-over-gay-couples-divorce The Association of German Rabbit Breeders (ZDRK) said on Tuesday that Pope Francis' injunction to Catholics not to breed "like rabbits" was inaccurate. https://www.thelocal.de/20150120/breeders-say-popes-rabbits-comment-unfair Tue, 20 Jan 2015 16:57:00 +0100 breeders-say-popes-rabbits-comment-unfair The lavish lifestyle of a bishop who is spending €31 million on building a new headquarters in west Germany was exposed on Friday, when it emerged he has spent €783,000 on a garden, €25,000 on a table and €15,000 on a bath tub. https://www.thelocal.de/20131011/52349 Fri, 11 Oct 2013 11:03:00 +0200 52349 Christians in Germany will become a minority in the next 20 years, a report claimed on Friday. Less than 50 percent of the population will belong to the Catholic and Protestant churches as congregations slowly die out. https://www.thelocal.de/20130906/51791 Fri, 06 Sep 2013 11:18:00 +0200 51791 German politicians have said they are preparing to allow Christian Syrian refugees to seek asylum in Germany, ahead of a worldwide day of prayer for oppressed Christians. https://www.thelocal.de/20121110/46093 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 16:08:00 +0100 46093 Germany, like many countries, has struggled with declining church attendance. But could Church visits be boosted if it was easier for parishioners to swap notes on who has the most talented pastor or priest? https://www.thelocal.de/20110804/36735 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:12:00 +0200 36735 In addition to guilty pleasures such as chocolate, alcohol and cigarettes, some German Christians are also planning on giving up social networking site Facebook during the traditional fasting period of Lent. https://www.thelocal.de/20110308/33575 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 11:58:00 +0100 33575 Germans fancying lunch in the Tower of Babel, a visit to an "original size" Noah's Ark or a multimedia depiction of the final battle between Good and Evil will soon be able to head to a planned biblical amusement park. https://www.thelocal.de/20080604/12283 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:53:00 +0200 12283