Catholic Fundamentalism in America

More than 27,000 people in the city and surrounding area turned their backs on the Catholic Church last year. Nevertheless, the archdiocese remains cautiously positive, but a reform movement within the church sees things differently.

The members of the large churches in Germany are becoming less and less - despite a slight decline in church exits. This is shown by the new statistics of Catholics and Protestants for 2024.

Hundreds of thousands of members have turned their backs on the two major churches in Germany last year, according to preliminary figures from the Catholic Bishops' Conference and the EKD.

The number of members of the Catholic Church has been declining for years. 2024. For the first time, the figure falls below the 20 million mark. The next steps are already being discussed in the church.

Last year, the Catholic and Protestant churches lost about a million members, more than half of whom left the church.

The number of church exits fell slightly last year. 37.8 million people in Germany still belong to the Protestant or Catholic churches.