http://informreligion.com/topic/germany2011-11-09T15:30:37Z2011-11-09T15:30:37ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2011-11-09:/judaism/germany-marks-day-shame-pogrom-anniversary-4853366a/

<div><p><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a> on Wednesday marked the 73rd anniversary of the Nazi pogrom that paved the way to the Holocaust with solemn ceremonies throughout the country and the opening of a new synagogue.</p><p>The Kristallnacht pogrom, also known as the Night of Broken Glass, saw Nazi thugs plunder Jewish businesses throughout Germany, torch about 300 synagogues and round up some 30,000 Jewish men for deportation to concentration camps.</p><p><span><a title="A...

2011-09-26T02:00:05ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:informreligion.com,2011-09-26:/protestantism/analysis-pope-disappoints-hopes-catholics-protestants-4836313a/

<div><p><span><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >BERLIN</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - <span><a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict</a></span>'s visit to his German homeland was bound to provoke harsh words from his critics. The surprise of the event was how bluntly he took his own Church to task and disappointed Protestants ready to work with him.</p><p>Despite hi...

2011-09-25T20:30:19ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2011-09-25:/roman-catholicism/pope-fails-satisfy-state-visit-home-4836280a/

<div><p><a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict XVI</a>'s first state visit to his native <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a> fell far short of the expectations of sex abuse victims and those clamouring for a more open and tolerant Church.</p><p>Benedict's four-day marathon, which wrapped up Sunday, taking in <span><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >Berlin</a></span>, the former communist East German city of <span>Erf...

2011-09-25T15:30:18ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2011-09-25:/roman-catholicism/openair-mass-wraps-popes-home-state-visit-4836187a/

<div><p><a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict XVI</a> flew out of his native <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a> Sunday after celebrating mass with around 100,000 on the final day of a visit that has disappointed many inside and outside the Church.</p><p>The two-hour mass was one of the high points of an exhausting trip, his first state visit home that took the 84-year-old pontiff from <span><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(...

2011-09-25T06:00:09ZOn Top Magazinetag:informreligion.com,2011-09-25:/christianity/pope-benedict-orthodox-christian-alliance-opposed-gay-marriage-4836079a/

<div id="subtitle"><a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict</a> on Saturday met with Orthodox Christians during a tour stop in <a title="Freiburg" href="/topic/Freiburg" >Freiburg</a>, <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a></div><div><p><p>Pope Benedict on Saturday met with Orthodox Christians during a tour stop in Freiburg, Germany, the AP reported.</p> <p>During the third day of a visit to his native Germany, the 84-year-old pope called for a c...

2011-09-24T19:30:26ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2011-09-24:/roman-catholicism/openair-mass-wraps-popes-state-home-visit-4836009a/

<div><p><a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict XVI</a> was to hold a mass for around 80,000 faithful in <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a>'s Catholic heartland amid widespread disappointment over his first state visit to his native country.</p><p>Protestants, Jews and groups representing people who suffered abuse at the hands of Catholic priests all expected more from the trip which has taken the 84-year-old pontiff from <span><a title="Ber...

2011-09-24T09:30:14ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2011-09-24:/roman-catholicism/shaken-pope-holds-mass-meeting-abuse-victims-4835875a/

<div><p><a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict XVI</a> celebrated an open air mass for around 30,000 people Saturday amid a minor security scare, a day after a meeting with victims of sex abuse by priests left him "deeply shaken."</p><p>Around two hours before the mass, in the eastern German city of <span>Erfurt</span>, a man fired four shots from an air gun at two security officials. The incident took place around one kilometre (600 yards) from the ceremony'...

2011-09-23T18:30:22ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2011-09-23:/roman-catholicism/moved-pope-meets-abuse-victims-germany-4835714a/

<div><p> <a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict XVI</a> met with victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy Friday on a visit to his native <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a> and expressed regret for their suffering, the <a title="The Roman Catholic Church" href="/topic/The+Roman+Catholic+Church" >Vatican</a> said.</p><p>"Moved and deeply shaken by the sufferings of the victims, the Holy Father expressed his deep compassion and regret over ...

2011-09-23T02:30:23ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2011-09-23:/religion/pope-stress-christian-unity-luthers-monastery-4835361a/

<div><p><a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict XVI</a> was to lead historic prayers Friday with Protestant leaders in the German monastery where <a title="Martin Luther" href="/topic/Martin+Luther" >Martin Luther</a> studied, on the second day of his trip to his increasingly secular homeland.</p><p>The 84-year-old has stressed his goal of unity in the Christian Church during his six-year papacy, and <span><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a><...

2011-09-22T18:30:26ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2011-09-22:/roman-catholicism/pope-understands-leaving-church-abuse-scandals-4835230a/

<div><p> <a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict XVI</a> expressed understanding Thursday for those who had turned their backs on the Catholic Church after the recent sex abuse scandals, on his first state visit to his German homeland.</p><p>At the start of a four-day trip, the pontiff also took a conciliatory tone with thousands of protesters rallying in free-wheeling, increasingly secular <span><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >Berl...

2011-09-21T20:30:30ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2011-09-21:/roman-catholicism/joy-protests-apathy-await-pope-native-germany-4834815a/

<div><p><a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict XVI</a>'s first state visit to his German homeland begins here Thursday with the threat of mass protests and the lingering taint of Church sexual abuse scandals set to cloud his welcome.</p><p>The leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics has a gruelling schedule for the four-day stay, combining official talks with outreach to the faithful, many of whom have grown alienated during his six-year-old papacy.</p><p...

2011-09-21T15:30:26ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:informreligion.com,2011-09-21:/protestantism/german-pope-faces-toughest-visit-skeptical-homeland-4834684a/

<div><p><span><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >BERLIN</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - <a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict</a> starts his most difficult visit yet to his German homeland on Thursday, touring mostly Protestant and atheist regions in the ex-communist east after previous visits to Catholic strongholds in the <span><a title="Rhineland" href="/topic/R...

2011-09-21T06:00:07ZReuters US Online Report World Newstag:informreligion.com,2011-09-21:/roman-catholicism/supporters-popes-german-visit-blast-boycott-4834433a/

<div><p><span><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >BERLIN</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Supporters of <span><a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict</a></span>'s tour of <span><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a></span> this week criticized on Wednesday politicians who expressed doubts over his conservative views, his planned speech to parliament and ...

2011-09-21T04:30:25ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2011-09-21:/roman-catholicism/germanspeaking-catholics-reform-rome-4834394a/

<div><p><a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict XVI</a> faces a clamour for change as he heads to <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a> for his first state visit, with calls for reform on many fronts -- from recognising gays to ordaining women to the priesthood.</p><p>Grievances over the <span><a title="The Roman Catholic Church" href="/topic/The+Roman+Catholic+Church" >Vatican</a></span>'s "out of touch" attitudes towards sexuality and the fam...

2011-09-20T11:30:13ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:informreligion.com,2011-09-20:/protestantism/fellow-german-christians-criticize-pope-trip-4834045a/

<div><p><span><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >BERLIN</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - When <span><a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict</a></span> visits his native <span><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a></span> later this week, the anarchists, gays and radicals planning to protest against his presence should be the least of his worries.</p><p>...

2011-09-18T11:30:08ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:informreligion.com,2011-09-18:/protestantism/pope-pray-protestants-sees-breakthrough-4833198a/

<div><p><span><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >BERLIN</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - <span><a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict</a></span> said on Sunday he would pray with German Protestants during a visit this week to the cradle of the European Reformation, but played down expectations of a breakthrough in ecumenical ties.</p><p>The pope's September 22-25 vis...

2011-09-17T18:30:14ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2011-09-17:/roman-catholicism/pope-trip-home-germany-4833053a/

<div><p><a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict XVI</a> says he is looking forward to his upcoming trip to his homeland <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a>, while stressing that God, not "spectacle," is the focus.</p><p>The main aim of his visit, from Thursday to next Sunday, will be to help "God to penetrate our field of vision," the pope said late Saturday.</p><p>In a rare move, he made his comments on a German television programme that has...

2011-09-16T04:30:14ZReuters US Online Report World Newstag:informreligion.com,2011-09-16:/roman-catholicism/german-pope-ventures-land-luther-marx-4832477a/

<div><p><span>ERFURT</span>, <span><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Indifference, irritation and, inevitably, protest will likely mark a papal trip to the former East Germany that includes an historic meeting in the one-time home of <span><a title="Martin Luther" href="/topic/Martin+Luther" >Martin Luther</a></span> to find ways Catholics and Protestants can work together to sav...

2011-08-25T14:30:42ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:informreligion.com,2011-08-25:/roman-catholicism/pope-earns-rare-praise-leading-german-leftist-4824037a/

<div><p><span>PARIS</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - <span><a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict</a></span> has reaped praise before his visit to his German homeland next month from one of the last people one would expect -- the sharp-tongued leader of the former communists from old <span><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >East Germany</a></span>.</p><p><span><a title="Gregor Gysi" href=...

2011-08-03T13:30:50ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2011-08-03:/islam/german-footballers-eat-ramadan-council-4815091a/

<div><p><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a>'s Central <a title="Council of Muslims" href="/topic/Council+of+Muslims" >Council of Muslims</a> said it was advising Islamic professional football players that they need not fast during <a title="Ramadan" href="/topic/Ramadan" >Ramadan</a>, ahead of the regular season resuming Friday.</p><p>"The professional player can make up the fasting days during periods when there is no match and in that way show his respect for God and the holy...

2011-08-02T09:30:21ZReuters US Online Report Oddly Enoughtag:informreligion.com,2011-08-02:/christianity/rate-priest-new-website-4814509a/

<div><p><span><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >BERLIN</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - You can rate your restaurant meal, your make-up, your teacher online and now in <span><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a></span> your priest.</p><p>Hirtenbarometer (http://hirtenbarometer.de) or the "shepherds' barometer" is the first online platform where priests can be rated for their performance...

2011-08-02T06:00:09ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:informreligion.com,2011-08-02:/christianity/rate-priest-new-german-website-4814432a/

<div><p><span><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >BERLIN</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span> Life!) - You can rate your restaurant meal, your make-up, your teacher online and now in <span><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a></span> your priest.</p><p>Hirtenbarometer (http://hirtenbarometer.de) or the "shepherds' barometer" is the first online platform where priests can be rated for their perfo...

2011-07-17T16:30:10ZReuters US Online Report World Newstag:informreligion.com,2011-07-17:/christianity/german-priest-arrested-accused-child-abuse-police-4807865a/

<div><p><span><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >BERLIN</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - A German Catholic priest has been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing a child, police said Sunday.</p><p>"The accused priest has admitted the allegations made against him in police questioning," police in the city of <span>Braunschweig</span> said on their website.</p><p>The news comes days after the <span><a ...

2011-07-17T07:30:07ZReuters US Online Report World Newstag:informreligion.com,2011-07-17:/christianity/german-priest-arrested-abuse-suspicion-report-4807758a/

<div><p><span><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >BERLIN</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - German police have arrested a Catholic priest on suspicion of sexually abusing a child, <span><a title="Der Spiegel" href="/topic/Der+Spiegel" >Der Spiegel</a></span> magazine reported on its website, citing the prosecutor's office.</p><p>The news of the arrest comes days after the <span><a title="The Roman Catholic...

2011-06-12T15:00:09ZReuters US Online Report Domestic Newstag:informreligion.com,2011-06-12:/roman-catholicism/liberal-catholics-church-listening-4792828a/

<div><p><span><a title="Detroit" href="/topic/Detroit" >DETROIT</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Members of a liberal group of U.S. Roman Catholics on Sunday called on Church leaders to open talks with their members on controversies ranging from the ordination of women to allowing priests to marry.</p><p>Members of the <span>American Catholic Council</span>, meeting in Detroit, said they had grown concerned the church's hierarc...

2011-03-29T13:30:32ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2011-03-29:/islam/berlin-opera-house-reaches-turkish-minority-4760778a/

<div><p><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >Berlin</a>'s avant-garde <a title="Komische Oper Berlin" href="/topic/Komische+Oper+Berlin" >Komische Oper</a> opera house said Tuesday it plans to reach out to the German capital's large Turkish minority with translations of performances on screens at every seat.</p><p>In a first for <span><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a></span>, wracked for months by a debate on the integration of its Muslim community, the...

2011-02-22T09:00:19ZReuters US Online Report Oddly Enoughtag:informreligion.com,2011-02-22:/roman-catholicism/catholic-church-ordains-married-man-4745549a/

<div><p><span><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >BERLIN</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - A married father of two was ordained as a priest by the Catholic Church in <span><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a></span> on Tuesday after receiving an exemption to priestly celibacy from <span><a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict XVI</a></span>.</p><p>Harm ...

2011-02-22T08:30:07ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:informreligion.com,2011-02-22:/roman-catholicism/german-catholic-church-ordains-married-man-4745533a/

<div><p><span><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >BERLIN</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span> Life!) - A married father of two was ordained as a priest by the Catholic Church in <span><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a></span> on Tuesday after receiving an exemption to priestly celibacy from <span><a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict XVI</a></span>.</p><p...

2011-02-21T08:30:06ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:informreligion.com,2011-02-21:/judaism/germany-opens-reform-synagogue-ww2-4745145a/

<div><p><span><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >BERLIN</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span> Life!) - <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a> opened its first new reform synagogue since the Holocaust on Sunday, marking a major step in the revival of Reform Judaism, which traces its roots to the country.</p><p>The synagogue in the northern city of Hameln was built on the foundation of its predeces...

2011-02-08T10:00:12ZReuters US Online Report Oddly Enoughtag:informreligion.com,2011-02-08:/christianity/expriest-charged-collection-cash-theft-4739763a/

<div><p><span><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >BERLIN</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - A retired German priest has been charged with 50 counts of fraud over the theft of 1 million euros' ($1.4 million) worth of church donations, state prosecutors in Wuerzburg said Tuesday.</p><p>The former Roman Catholic priest, aged 77, was detained in May on suspicion of taking donations and collection money from hi...

2011-02-04T07:32:24ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:informreligion.com,2011-02-04:/religion/german-catholics-urge-reforms-papal-visit-nears-4738293a/

<div><p><span>PARIS</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Over 140 Roman Catholic theologians in <span><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a></span> have urged the church to embrace far-reaching reforms to end priestly celibacy, ordain women, welcome same-sex couples and let lay people help pick their bishops.</p><p>The appeal, the second reform call in two weeks, came as the German church is struggling to overcome a wave...

2011-02-03T14:30:40ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2011-02-03:/islam/german-state-mulls-burqa-ban-civil-servants-4737992a/

<div><p>The German state of <a title="Lower Saxony" href="/topic/Lower+Saxony" >Lower Saxony</a> is considering banning the Islamic full-face veil for civil servants, its interior minister said Thursday, after a neighbouring region said it would take similar measures.</p><p>"The burqa has no place in public service," <span>Uwe Schuenemann</span> told the Neue Presse regional daily. "Lower Saxony is currently looking at legal regulations for employees and officials."</p><p>On Wednesday, the weste...

2010-12-15T12:00:51ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-12-15:/roman-catholicism/religion-news-4713684a/

<div id="subtitle">Religion News in Brief</div><div><p>The <span><a title="Archdiocese of Boston" href="/topic/Archdiocese+of+Boston" >Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston</a></span> is the latest diocese in the <span>U.S.</span> to announce that it must freeze pensions for workers.</p><p>The change will hit about 10,000 church secretaries, parochial school teachers and other lay employees in the Boston archdiocese.</p><p>Several other dioceses are taking the same step, including <span><a title=...

2010-12-13T09:00:34ZReuters US Online Report World Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-12-13:/roman-catholicism/german-abuse-victims-humiliated-compensation-4712022a/

<div><p><span><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >BERLIN</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - German victims of abuse in foster homes said on Monday the 120 million euros proposed as compensation was "humiliatingly" small compared with damages awarded in other countries, and vowed to fight for more.</p><p>After a two-year inquiry, a government-appointed panel on Monday recommended 120 million euros be set as...

2010-12-12T06:00:30ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-12-12:/religion/pope-dictatorships-destructive-4711382a/

<div id="subtitle">Pope on 'false prophets': Dictators change the world in destructive ways</div><div><p><span><a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict XVI</a></span>, who spent his youth in <span>Hitler</span>'s <span><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a></span>, says dictators boast that they will change the world, but just bring destruction.</p><p>The pontiff's reflections on what he calls history's "false prophets" came in off-the-cuff remar...

2010-12-09T04:30:11ZReuters US Online Report World Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-12-09:/roman-catholicism/dutch-catholic-church-address-abuse-cases-4709497a/

<div><p><span><a title="The Hague" href="/topic/The+Hague" >THE HAGUE</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Almost 2,000 people have declared themselves victims of sexual and physical abuse while they were minors in the care of the <span><a title="The Roman Catholic Church" href="/topic/The+Roman+Catholic+Church" >Roman Catholic Church</a></span> in <span><a title="Netherlands" href="/topic/Netherlands" >the Netherlands</a></span>, ...

2010-12-04T21:30:17ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-12-04:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/germanys-angst-islamists-mainstream-4706410a/

<div id="subtitle">Even <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a> joins in as <a title="Europe" href="/topic/Europe" >Europe</a>'s cultural clash with radical Islam goes mainstream</div><div><p>The 200 robed and bearded men gathered at dusk on the market square, rolled out their prayer rugs and intoned Allah's praises as dismayed townspeople looked on.</p><p>It was <span id="ramadan" class="inform">Ramadan</span>, the Muslim fasting month, and the group that calls itself "Invitation ...

2010-12-01T07:00:49ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-12-01:/judaism/german-jews-celebrate-beginning-hanukkah-4703548a/

<div id="subtitle"><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a>'s Jewish community sets up menorah in front of iconic <a title="Brandenburg Gate" href="/topic/Brandenburg+Gate" >Brandenburg Gate</a></div><div><p>The leaders of <span><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >Berlin</a></span>'s Jewish community set up a 20-foot (six-meter) tall menorah for <span id="hanukkah" class="inform"><a title="Hanukkah" href="/topic/Hanukkah" >Hanukkah</a></span> on Wednesday aga...

2010-11-23T10:31:06ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-11-23:/judaism/jewish-leader-receives-german-civilian-honor-4387789a/

<div id="subtitle">Outgoing Jewish leader and survivor of <a title="Nazi Party" href="/topic/Nazi+Party" >Nazi Germany</a> receives national civilian honor</div><div><p>The German president has given one of the nation's highest civilian honors to the outgoing head of <span><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a></span>'s Central <span>Council of Jews</span>, praising her role in fighting extremism and anti-Semitism.</p><p>In awarding <span>Charlotte Knobloch</span> the Large Federa...

2010-11-29T14:59:14ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informreligion.com,2010-11-29:/christianity/assessment-4462113a/

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2010-11-29T14:31:25ZBeliefnettag:informreligion.com,2010-11-29:/roman-catholicism/evolution-revolution-4396793a/

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2010-11-20T14:00:29ZReuters US Online Report Top Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-11-20:/roman-catholicism/jewish-group-urges-pope-ban-holocaust-denier-4385811a/

<div><p><span>PARIS</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - A Holocaust survivors group urged <span><a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict</a></span> on Saturday to ban an arch-traditionalist bishop from the Catholic Church because he hired a lawyer close to neo-Nazi groups to defend him in court in <span><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a></span>.</p><p><span><a title="Richard Willia...

2010-11-29T14:59:12ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informreligion.com,2010-11-29:/roman-catholicism/maximilian-ii-4462036a/

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2010-11-29T14:40:44ZForbestag:informreligion.com,2010-11-29:/roman-catholicism/pope-visit-native-germany-2011-4419506a/

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2010-11-15T11:30:33ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:informreligion.com,2010-11-15:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/merkel-urges-germans-stand-christian-values-4381534a/

<div><p><span>PARIS</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - <span><a title="Angela Merkel" href="/topic/Angela+Merkel" >Chancellor Angela Merkel</a></span> urged Germans debating Muslim integration to stand up more for Christian values, saying Monday the country suffered not from "too much Islam" but "too little Christianity."</p><p>Addressing her <span><a title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany" href="/topic/Christian+Democratic+Uni...

2010-11-29T14:58:44ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informreligion.com,2010-11-29:/roman-catholicism/church-state-4460877a/

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2010-11-29T14:58:37ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informreligion.com,2010-11-29:/religion/life-works-4460619a/

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2010-11-29T14:58:33ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informreligion.com,2010-11-29:/christianity/church-society-4460412a/

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2010-11-29T14:58:33ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informreligion.com,2010-11-29:/roman-catholicism/history-ecumenism-4460422a/

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2010-11-29T14:58:33ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informreligion.com,2010-11-29:/roman-catholicism/ecumenism-4460420a/

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2010-11-11T04:30:40ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-11-11:/judaism/german-jews-govt-odds-education-funding-4378816a/

<div id="subtitle">German orthodox Jews in dispute with government over funding for rabbinical studies</div><div><p>A disagreement over funding for a rabbinical seminary is causing friction between <span><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a></span>'s orthodox Jewish community and the government.</p><p>Orthodox leaders have pressed the government &#8212; so far unsuccessfully &#8212; to give their facility the same funding it grants Germany's only other rabbinical seminary, which ...

2010-11-29T14:58:12ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informreligion.com,2010-11-29:/religion/unitarian-universalist-churches-4459582a/

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2010-11-29T15:59:25ZHeliumtag:informreligion.com,2010-11-29:/protestantism/experiences-visiting-augsburg-germany-4601622a/

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2010-11-29T16:08:10ZHeliumtag:informreligion.com,2010-11-29:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/poetry-carte-blanche-4622097a/

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2010-11-29T15:47:08ZHeliumtag:informreligion.com,2010-11-29:/judaism/hat-worn-spiritual-reasons-4572373a/

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2010-11-29T16:05:48ZHeliumtag:informreligion.com,2010-11-29:/roman-catholicism/find-information-germany-4615920a/

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2010-11-29T14:51:09ZSuite 101tag:informreligion.com,2010-11-29:/judaism/financial-planning-profitable-kristallnacht-pogrom-4443366a/

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2010-11-04T11:01:48ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:informreligion.com,2010-11-04:/judaism/germany-ordains-female-rabbi-holocaust-4165550a/

<div><p><span><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >BERLIN</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a> ordained its first female rabbi since the Holocaust on Thursday, marking a major step in the reintegration of Jews into modern German life.</p><p>In the glare of international media, <span>Alina Treiger</span> followed in the footsteps of <span>Regina Jonas</span...

2010-11-29T14:51:24ZSuite 101tag:informreligion.com,2010-11-29:/judaism/travel-berlin-discover-jewish-nazi-4443991a/

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2010-11-04T15:38:32ZHeliumtag:informreligion.com,2010-11-04:/lutheran-church/religious-movies-hype-propaganda-4270670a/

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2010-11-04T14:49:47ZHeliumtag:informreligion.com,2010-11-04:/protestantism/defenestration-prague-events-led-years-war-4228347a/

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2010-11-04T14:49:13ZHeliumtag:informreligion.com,2010-11-04:/roman-catholicism/early-modern-european-social-structure-4227815a/

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2010-11-04T14:50:17ZHeliumtag:informreligion.com,2010-11-04:/roman-catholicism/france-england-germany-political-unification-4228810a/

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2010-10-29T09:33:27ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:informreligion.com,2010-10-29:/judaism/historic-german-jewish-childrens-book-sale-3483527a/

<div><p><span><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >BERLIN</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span> Life!) - Six and a half decades after the Holocaust, the first Jewish publisher of children's books in <span><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a></span> will issue its inaugural title on Monday.</p><p>Filmmaker and author <span>Myriam Halberstam</span>, a German-American Jew, said she set up "<span>Ari...

2010-11-04T14:18:30ZHeliumtag:informreligion.com,2010-11-04:/judaism/jewish-architectural-stained-glass-design-4199915a/

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2010-11-03T10:20:00ZhubPagetag:informreligion.com,2010-11-03:/lutheran-church/amana-colonies-4152050a/

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2010-11-04T14:35:12ZHeliumtag:informreligion.com,2010-11-04:/judaism/conservative-judaism-explained-4215154a/

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2010-11-03T03:10:37ZhubPagetag:informreligion.com,2010-11-03:/roman-catholicism/united-states-biblical-prophecy-4027802a/

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2010-11-03T03:04:32ZhubPagetag:informreligion.com,2010-11-03:/roman-catholicism/predictions-part-2-4025158a/

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2010-11-03T03:14:58ZhubPagetag:informreligion.com,2010-11-03:/religion/burns-goat-pt-vii-4029801a/

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2010-10-14T08:00:27ZReuters US Online Report World Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-10-14:/islam/german-universities-train-muslim-imams-teachers-1859724a/

<div><p><span><a title="Hamburg" href="/topic/Hamburg" >HAMBURG</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - <span><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a></span> announced Thursday it would fund Islamic studies at three state universities to train prayer leaders and religion teachers more in tune with Western society than the foreign imams preaching at most mosques here.</p><p>Two universities, Tuebingen and <span>Muenster</s...

2010-10-13T05:00:21ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-10-13:/islam/german-university-starts-training-imams-1831880a/

<div id="subtitle"><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a> launches training for imams _ teaching German and steering toward democratic values</div><div><p><span>Ahmed Sami</span> spoke only Arabic when he moved from <span><a title="Morocco" href="/topic/Morocco" >Morocco</a></span> to Germany eight years ago to work as an imam. During his Friday prayer services at a mosque in western Germany, he soon noticed that many of the listeners could not understand him.</p><p>"The children ...

2010-11-02T23:52:45ZhubPagetag:informreligion.com,2010-11-02:/religion/spain-octopus-prediction-3933946a/

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2010-11-02T17:14:44ZhubPagetag:informreligion.com,2010-11-02:/religion/headless-driver-3706566a/

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2010-11-03T00:39:47ZhubPagetag:informreligion.com,2010-11-03:/judaism/attacks-jewish-targets-increasing-3957015a/

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2010-11-03T00:34:02ZhubPagetag:informreligion.com,2010-11-03:/christianity/god-radical-3954903a/

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2010-11-03T00:29:28ZhubPagetag:informreligion.com,2010-11-03:/christianity/preparation-transformation-3952852a/

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2010-10-06T12:16:22ZReuters US Online Report World Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-10-06:/islam/german-muslims-obey-law-sharia-merkel-1725599a/

<div><p><span><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >BERLIN</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - <span><a title="Angela Merkel" href="/topic/Angela+Merkel" >Chancellor Angela Merkel</a></span> said on Wednesday Muslims must obey the constitution and not sharia law if they want to live in <span><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a></span>, which is debating the integration of its 4 million-strong...

2010-09-23T11:30:14ZReuters US Online Report World Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-09-23:/christianity/german-catholic-church-compensate-abuse-victims-1559337a/

<div><p>FULDA, <span><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Germany's Catholic Church has said it is ready to pay compensation to victims of abuse by priests, the country's top bishop said on Thursday.</p><p>After a meeting with bishops from across Germany, <span><a title="Robert Zollitsch" href="/topic/Robert+Zollitsch" >Robert Zollitsch</a></span>, head of the <span><a title="Cathol...

2010-09-13T08:23:08ZBeliefnettag:informreligion.com,2010-09-13:/religion/ninth-911-anniversary-mix-grief-conflict-hope-1398794a/

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2010-11-05T09:14:08ZWiseGeektag:informreligion.com,2010-11-05:/religion/refectory-table-4279878a/

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2010-11-02T16:06:18ZHow Stuff Workstag:informreligion.com,2010-11-02:/protestantism/years-war-3673359a/

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2010-11-02T16:04:46ZHow Stuff Workstag:informreligion.com,2010-11-02:/religion/heidelberg-university-3672319a/

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2010-11-05T10:04:17ZWiseGeektag:informreligion.com,2010-11-05:/roman-catholicism/bavaria-4322501a/

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2010-09-03T00:20:13ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-09-03:/judaism/ussr-judaism-enjoys-german-renaissance-1037458a/

<div><p>Judaism is making a comeback in <span><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a></span> 65 years after the Holocaust, thanks largely to immigration from the ex-<a title="U.S.S.R." href="/topic/U.S.S.R." >Soviet Union</a>, as shown by the ordination in <span><a title="Leipzig" href="/topic/Leipzig" >Leipzig</a></span> this week of two rabbis.</p><p>The ordination as Orthodox rabbis of the men originally from <span><a title="Uzbekistan" href="/topic/Uzbekistan" >Uzbekistan</a></...

2010-08-24T04:30:13ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-08-24:/religion/catholic-priest-charged-rape-14yearold-1027718a/

<div id="subtitle">Catholic priest in <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a> charged with twice raping a 14-year-old girl</div><div><p>German prosecutors say a Roman Catholic priest has been charged with twice raping a 14-year-old girl 20 years ago.</p><p><a title="Osnabrueck" href="/topic/Osnabrueck" >Osnabrueck</a> prosecution spokesman <a title="Alexander Retemeyer" href="/topic/Alexander+Retemeyer" >Alexander Retemeyer</a> said on Tuesday the 50-year old man, then a chaplain, ...

2010-08-04T07:15:23ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-08-04:/roman-catholicism/50000-altar-servers-gather-vatican-1010694a/

<div><p>More than 50,000 altar boys and girls Wednesday filled <a title="St. Peter's Square" href="/topic/St.+Peter's+Square" >St. Peter's Square</a> at the <a title="The Roman Catholic Church" href="/topic/The+Roman+Catholic+Church" >Vatican</a> to hear <a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict XVI</a> speak at his general audience as part of an international pilgrimage.</p><p>"All of this reminds me of the time when I was an altar boy myself," Benedict told pi...

2010-07-20T03:15:23ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-07-20:/christianity/priest-suspended-sentence-child-sex-abuse-996513a/

<div id="subtitle">German court sentences priest to a 10-month suspended sentence for sexually abusing girls</div><div><p>A court in southern <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a> has convicted a Roman Catholic priest of sexually abusing three underage girls and handed him a suspended sentence of 10 months.</p><p>The state court in Weiden said Tuesday it found the cleric guilty of unduly touching young girls below the waist during religious education classes in an elementary scho...

2010-09-10T23:51:01ZBeliefnettag:informreligion.com,2010-09-10:/roman-catholicism/vatican-issues-new-sex-abuse-guidelines-crisis-1346499a/

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2010-07-09T10:00:22ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-07-09:/roman-catholicism/german-bishop-acknowledges-abuse-scandal-mistakes-987434a/

<div id="subtitle"><a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a>'s top bishop acknowledges mistakes in handling case of pedophile priest</div><div><p>Germany's top Roman Catholic bishop on Friday acknowledged mistakes in dealing with allegations against a priest who is believed to have molested boys over more than two decades.</p><p><a title="Robert Zollitsch" href="/topic/Robert+Zollitsch" >Robert Zollitsch</a>, Archbishop of Freiburg and head of the <a title="German Bishops Conference"...

2010-07-09T07:45:22ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:informreligion.com,2010-07-09:/roman-catholicism/factbox-sex-abuse-scandals-catholic-church-987329a/

<div><p>(<a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a>) - Abuse revelations in <a title="Ireland" href="/topic/Ireland" >Ireland</a> have undermined the Church's authority and fractured trust, alienating committed believers as senior clergy have remained in their posts.</p><p>Here are some details of major scandals in the Roman Catholic church around the world.</p><p>* BELGIUM:</p><p>-- A Belgian Catholic Church commission monitoring complaints about sexual abuse of c...

2010-11-02T14:11:59ZCrosswalktag:informreligion.com,2010-11-02:/anglicanism/jul-9-201-3590255a/

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2010-09-10T12:16:08ZBig Thinktag:informreligion.com,2010-09-10:/religion/animals-religious-1300136a/

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2010-11-02T12:52:23ZBeliefnettag:informreligion.com,2010-11-02:/roman-catholicism/passion-play-hailed-balanced-3526132a/

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2010-06-23T04:00:15ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-06-23:/roman-catholicism/germany-bishop-resigned-sticks-decision-971656a/

<div id="subtitle">Former <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a> bishop accused of misconduct agrees he was right to resign</div><div><p>A former German bishop accused of physical abuse, alcoholism and sexual harassment has agreed to stand by his decision to resign.</p><p>Germany's <a title="Augsburg" href="/topic/Augsburg" >Augsburg</a> diocese says it has reached a written agreement with Water Mixa that his decision to step down as its Roman Catholic bishop is final.</p><p>Mixa,...

2010-06-12T12:24:28ZReuters US Online Report World Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-06-12:/roman-catholicism/catholic-abuse-scandal-hits-head-german-church-951586a/

<div><p><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >BERLIN</a> (<a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a>) - The growing scandal over sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests threatened <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a>'s top bishop who was charged on Wednesday with aiding and abetting a known abuser by allowing him to get a new job in a German parish.</p><p><a title="Robert Zollitsch" href="/topic/Robert+Zollitsch" >Robert Zollit...

2010-10-27T09:06:18ZBeliefnettag:informreligion.com,2010-10-27:/religion/lady-gaga-spiritual-religious-scam-3472064a/

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2010-06-12T12:24:25ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-06-12:/roman-catholicism/pope-accepts-resignation-german-bishop-hitting-children-928107a/

<div><p><a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict XVI</a> on Saturday accepted the resignation of a German bishop who admitted he beat children in a Catholic orphanage and also faces a paedophilia probe, the <a title="The Roman Catholic Church" href="/topic/The+Roman+Catholic+Church" >Vatican</a> said.</p><p>Walter Mixa, 69, had tendered his resignation as bishop of <a title="Augsburg" href="/topic/Augsburg" >Augsburg</a> and military bishop on Thursday.</p><p>T...

2010-06-12T12:24:21ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-06-12:/roman-catholicism/pope-accepts-resignation-german-bishop-928059a/

<div><p><a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict XVI</a> on Saturday accepted the resignation of a German bishop who admitted he beat children in a Catholic orphanage and also faces a paedophilia probe, the <a title="The Roman Catholic Church" href="/topic/The+Roman+Catholic+Church" >Vatican</a> said.</p><p>Walter Mixa, 69, was the bishop of <a title="Augsburg" href="/topic/Augsburg" >Augsburg</a> in southern <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a...

2010-05-08T04:15:17ZReuters US Online Report Top Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-05-08:/roman-catholicism/pope-accepts-resignation-german-bishop-sex-probe-927933a/

<div><p><a title="Vatican City" href="/topic/Vatican+City" >VATICAN CITY</a> (<a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a>) - <a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict</a> Saturday accepted the resignation of a German bishop who has been accused of sexually abusing minors, the latest in a string of Roman Catholic prelates forced to resign over an abuse scandal.</p><p>A <a title="The Roman Catholic Church" href="/topic/The+Roman+Catho...

2011-01-05T08:02:05ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2011-01-05:/photo/germany-partial-solar-eclipse-2405815p/

A partial solar eclipse is pictured through clouds in Albershausen, southwestern <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a>, on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/dapd, <a title="Daniel Kopatsch" href="/topic/Daniel+Kopatsch" >Daniel Kopatsch</a>)<div id="copyright"><div> Copyright 2011&#160; <a href="http://www.ap.org">AP News</a></div></div><div><p></p><br /><br /></div>...

2011-01-05T08:06:21ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2011-01-05:/photo/australia-flooding-2405690p/

In this photo released by the <a title="Northern Territory Police" href="/topic/Northern+Territory+Police" >Northern Territory Police</a>, four German tourists rest on the roof of their vehicle as they wait for their rescue from the flooded Magela Creek, near Jabiru, <a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" >Australia</a>, Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. Drenching rain that started before Christmas has flooded an area the size of <a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a> and <a title="Germany...

2011-01-02T13:32:14ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2011-01-02:/photo/germany-alpine-skiing-world-cup-2405143p/

Winner Maria Pietilae-Holmner of <a title="Sweden" href="/topic/Sweden" >Sweden</a>, center, is flanked ond the podium by second placed <a title="Tina Maze" href="/topic/Tina+Maze" >Tina Maze</a> of <a title="Slovenia" href="/topic/Slovenia" >Slovenia</a>, left, and third placed <a title="Elisabeth Goergl" href="/topic/Elisabeth+Goergl" >Austrian Elisabeth Goergl</a> after an alpine skiing parallel slalom World Cup race held in <a title="Munich" href="/topic/Munich" >Munich</a>, southern <a titl...

2010-12-30T21:31:31ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-12-30:/photo/germany-new-year-preparations-2404251p/

Workers run a cable over the street in preparation for the <a title="New Year's" href="/topic/New+Year's" >New Year's</a> celebrations in front of the <a title="Brandenburg Gate" href="/topic/Brandenburg+Gate" >Brandenburg Gate</a> in <a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >Berlin</a>, <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a>, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to celebrate the beginning of the New Year 2011 at the famous landma...

2010-12-28T12:30:30ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-12-28:/photo/oly-john-leicester-28121-2403252p/

FILE - In this June 27, 2010 file combination of six photos, <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a> goalkeeper <a title="Manuel Neuer" href="/topic/Manuel+Neuer" >Manuel Neuer</a> looks at the ball that hit the bar, bounce over the line during the <a title="FIFA World Cup" href="/topic/FIFA+World+Cup" >World Cup</a> round of 16 soccer match between Germany and <a title="England" href="/topic/England" >England</a> at <a title="Free State Stadium" href="/topic/Free+State+Stadium" >F...