French PM meets Pope as Catholic child abuse scandal rages

French Prime Minister Jean Castex met Pope Francis at the Vatican on Monday as the French Catholic Church battles a storm over clerical child sex abuse and the sanctity of confession.

Scandal over rapper’s saucy music video in Spanish cathedral rages on

Mosques in Cologne to start broadcasting the call to prayer every Friday

French government summons archbishop over ‘confession above law’ stance

French government to close six ‘radical’ mosques

France gets tough on Muslim footballers praying on pitch

What are Sweden’s church elections and how do they work?

German employers can ban headscarves ‘in some cases’, EU court rules

France sets up ‘office of laïcité’ to defend its secular ideals

Imams ‘made in Germany’: country’s first Islamic training college opens its doors

French electrician sues Netflix for labelling him a radical Islamist

Pope rejects German bishop’s offer to quit over abuse scandal

‘House of One’: Berlin lays first stone for multi-faith place of worship

Why does secular Sweden have so many religious public holidays?

Pope resumes public audiences for first time in six months

‘Sexuality is part of life’: German churches bless gay couples in defiance of Vatican

IN NUMBERS: A breakdown of Germany’s Muslim population

Pope calls for a quicker vaccine rollout in Italy’s Easter Sunday message

Children lead the way in Italy’s reduced Good Friday service

German Catholic Church appoints first female secretary

OPINION: Want to start a quarrel in France? Mention Islam

Pope appoints French woman to senior synod post

Tensions mount in German Catholic Church over abuse report

Macron hails French Muslim charter against extremism

French Muslim groups draw up charter to reject ‘political Islam’

ANALYSIS: What is actually contained in France’s new law against Islamic extremism?

French court orders government to loosen rules on religious ceremonies

French court backs closure of Muslim NGO for ‘inciting hatred’

No, France is not proposing a ‘register of Muslim children’

EXPLAINED: What does laïcité (secularism) really mean in France?

ANALYSIS: Has France really been ‘deserted’ by the American media over terror attacks?

OPINION: The French interior minister is becoming a danger to Macron and France’s reputation

French Catholics hold protests over ban on church services during lockdown

German Catholic Church to pay abuse victims up to €50,000

Former German Pope Benedict in ‘extremely frail’ condition

Pope warns Italy’s priests to stop charging for weddings and funerals

Former Pope Benedict makes first trip to native Germany in a decade

‘Normal life is coming back’: Churches in Switzerland to open earlier than expected

Muslims mull mosque debate after Swiss vote

Severed pig’s ear sent to Muslim organisation

Muslim inventor set to take orthopaedic prayer rugs worldwide

Spread of Islam feared by 3 out of 4 Germans

Westerwelle defends Swiss after minaret ban

Thou shalt not shop

Conservatives say Muslims must show restraint with mosques

Swiss minaret ban sparks heated German debate

Religious couple fined for home schooling their children

Catholic official calls for end to celibacy for priests

New programme teaches Turkish imams to lead prayer in German

Italian churches resume mass for first time in two months

‘It’s a question of values’: Meet the Muslim running for mayor in Christian Bavaria

‘We will continue to fight’: German church abuse victims say payouts not enough

Germany’s embattled Catholic Church elects reformist leader

‘No reason to wait longer’: Germany’s under-fire Catholic Church seeks new leader

First Catholic Mass for 500 years to be held in Geneva church

What you need to know about calls to ban full-face veils in German classrooms

German court rules against school niqab ban

German army to employ rabbi for first time in a century

French nun barred from care home after refusing to give up her habit

INTERVIEW: Meet the French women fighting Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism with trips to Auschwitz

Lourdes: How pickpocket gangs target tourists at France’s religious shrine

Vatican’s Amazon indigenous outreach considers permitting priests to marry

Jews and Muslims in Sweden outraged over call to ban male circumcision

Why do so many Germans see Islam as a threat?

‘We are French’: Muslims in France ‘are not persecuted’ but fear being stigmatised once more

Austria to shut down Saudi-backed interfaith centre

Row breaks out near Frankfurt over Islam ‘beer mats’

Germany confronts colonial past through return of ancient cross to Namibia

Weakened Notre-Dame ‘could collapse in winds of over 90km/h’ claims Paris engineer

In shadow of burned Notre-Dame, Paris Catholics pray for Easter renewal

How Luther’s showdown at the ‘Diet of Worms’ shaped Christianity

ANALYSIS: Why does France’s interior minister think supermarket ethnic food isles are a threat to the nation?

Macron lays out measures to crackdown on ‘separatist’ Islam in France

Court upholds ban on Mainz kindergarten with ‘Salafist links’

Number of secular funerals in Denmark increases

France boosts security at places of worship after New Zealand mosque attack

Geneva: Muslim councillor ‘forced to sit out council meeting because of headscarf’

Zurich: Muslim father fined after kids fail to attend Christmas concert rehearsal

Swiss government snubs move to scrap ‘blasphemy’ law

Swiss burqa ban campaigner calls for ban on Muslim prayers in public

Geneva votes to ban religious symbols on public employees

Losing my religion: what new stats say about faith in Switzerland

Weekend Wanderlust: A pilgrimage to Germany’s ‘sacred sites’

Austria wrong to limit Good Friday to certain faiths, EU court rules

Basel to pay for armed security to protect Jewish institutions

Swiss “Woman’s Bible” offers feminist theology for #metoo moment

German priest confesses at Sunday mass to embezzling church funds for lottery

Italy offers to help relocate Pakistani woman in blasphemy case

Italy’s League blocks Muslims from converting chapel into mosque

Copenhagen cemetery gets Buddhist section

Einstein’s letter rejecting religion goes on sale for $1 million

Update: German Catholic Church apologizes as scale of child abuse laid bare

Impromptu baptisms help boost church numbers in Denmark

Meeting with Pope puts Macron’s religious views in spotlight

Imams and rabbis ride tandems in Berlin rally for mutual respect

Pope Francis seeks ‘unity’ with non-Catholics in Geneva

New report highlights attacks on 39 Swedish mosques in 2017

Bavarian order to put crosses on public buildings kicks in

Swedes ‘least likely in Western Europe’ to go to church

Six things to know about Catholicism in Germany

Crosses must be mounted in all state buildings, Bavaria orders

How Germany’s second biggest employer just got hit by a big rule change

How hearing Bach at Easter gave me a deeper appreciation for learning German

Pope Francis to hold Geneva mass on June 21st

Sweden’s Social Democrats propose ban on religious independent schools

Islamophobia is on the rise in Spain

Confirmed: Pope Francis to visit Switzerland in June

Vatican sets up new exorcism training courses as demand triples in Italy

More and more French believe Islam is compatible with society

Spaniard who photoshopped his own face on Christ statue ordered to pay damages to Church

Far-right AfD member converted to Islam in protest at church’s gay marriage stance

No cash, no problem: Hi-tech Paris priest makes sure his flock have no excuses

Blessed are the animals: Madrid church welcomes four-legged friends

Pope calls for peace in Jerusalem in Christmas message

Christkind vs Santa: how Germans and Americans celebrate Christmas differently

Far-right AfD says German churches politicized like ‘in Nazi era’

Vatican bans sale of holy blood and bones

Denmark adds Saudi cleric to list of banned ‘hate preachers’

French churchgoers to recite new version of the Lord’s Prayer

Muslims could make up 20 percent of German population by 2050: study

Italian headteacher causes controversy by ending school prayers

Pope Francis to meet Rohingya refugees

Poles launch petition against French plan to axe cross in Breton town

Unholy row breaks out in France after Breton town told to pull down cross

How do Muslim immigrants feel about living in Sweden: study

Hostility towards Muslims on the rise in Switzerland

‘Anti-Semitic’ robbers target Jewish family near Paris

Catholic pilgrims celebrate Assumption in Lourdes under tight security

Why Bavarians are busy hanging out bouquets on Mariä Himmelfahrt

High security in Lourdes ahead of annual pilgrimage

Former Pope’s brother accused of ‘merciless rule’ of choir hit by abuse scandal

Gender segregated school bus not discriminatory, Swedish Discrimination Ombudsman rules

547 boys were abused at Regensburg Catholic choir school: lawyer

Muslim woman banned from divorcing husband while wearing headscarf

Dogs can’t be ring bearers, Italian mayor tells engaged couple

Priests wanted: Poor pastor numbers forces Swedish diocese to recruit from abroad

The pope just made it easier for people to become saints

When Muslim women are allowed to wear headscarves in Germany, and when not

Sweden gets its first-ever cardinal: Anders Arborelius

Teacher wins €7,000 compensation after rejection for wearing headscarf

‘All priests should wed same-sex couples’: Swedish PM

Germany warns Turkey against meddling in its religious affairs

Four cardinals are challenging Pope Francis’ authority in a row over reforms

Pope Francis honours progressive postwar priests with pilgrimage

Where burqas are banned: Germany’s first ‘liberal mosque’ to open in Berlin

Why south Germany blooms with religious bombast on Fronleichnam

Ramadan prayers at Catholic site spark controversy in Granada

Scientologists are ‘rearming’ in Copenhagen: researcher

Spaniard accused over Instagram snap of photoshopped Christ

Planned Erfurt mosque targeted with dead pigs on wooden stakes

How ‘Luther town’ is cashing in on the Protestant Reformation

Public Muslim prayer in central Munich cancelled ‘after threats from far right’

Italy’s top court rules Sikhs can’t carry religious knives

Teenage ‘devil worshipper’ arrested for vandalizing church in Spain

Eight things to know about Islam in Germany

Denmark bans six hate preachers, including five Muslims

‘Pilgrim of peace’ Pope Francis heads to Egypt

Pope Francis heads to Egypt to boost ties with Muslim community

Vatican cricket team heads overseas for interfaith tournament

Denmark criticised for restricting freedom of religion

Pope Francis uses Easter mass to call for end to ‘horror’ in Syria

Austria’s Islamic kindergartens help create ‘parallel societies’: study

Pope Francis washes feet of former mafiosi in Easter rite

Christian teacher in Berlin banned from wearing crucifix necklace

Why Swedes are leaving the Swedish Church in record numbers

Pope Francis opens free launderette for Rome’s poor and homeless

Italian man granted divorce after claiming wife ‘possessed by devil’

Soldiers of Odin target Muslim school in Stockholm

Pope Francis praises British Muslim leaders, asks them to pray for him

Why France’s Muslim voters are not all panicking about a Le Pen victory

Swedish PM condemns gender segregated school bus

Denmark’s late night churches try to bring back worshippers

Islamic Council Norway hires woman in niqab as administrative officer

Panel tells Vatican to react ‘directly and compassionately’ to sex abuse victims

Pope begs forgiveness for Church role in Rwanda genocide

Who ya gonna call? Pope encourages priests to use exorcists when needed

Mafia godfathers can’t be church godfathers, bishop rules

Phony faith healers arrested for gang rape in northern Italy

Four years as pope: Has Francis delivered his promised reforms?

Priest who dressed up as Hugh Hefner and simulated sex with male playboy bunnies seeks forgiveness

Married men could soon become Catholic priests, says pope

An Italian woman was forced to go to 23 hospitals to have an abortion

Teacher in France suspended for reading Bible to pupils in class

Outcry after Muslim students told not to ‘pray provocatively’ at school

Carnival drag queen causes outrage with ‘blasphemous’ performance as Virgin Mary

Francis becomes first ever pope to visit Anglican church in Rome

Brain tumour caused Spanish woman to have ‘visions of Virgin Mary’

Here’s what Swedes say it takes to be truly Swedish

Vatican row over China’s invite to organ trafficking summit

Bern calls for new office to debate questions of religion

Italian priest faces defrocking over orgies in the rectory

The godfather: Church fumes in Sicily as mobster’s son gets offer he can’t refuse

Should crosses remain in Austrian court rooms?

Spanish nun sparks outrage with suggestion that Virgin Mary may have had sex

GALLERY: Holy Smoke! Horsemen gallop through flames at Spanish fiesta

Sicilian church becomes a synagogue on the anniversary of the region expelling Jews

Italy’s imams to get training on the Constitution

Norway prepares for ‘biggest change to the church since Reformation’

Pope: Give women, lay people top Vatican jobs

Norway school accused of censoring Christmas songs

Swedes wildly overestimate Muslim population: survey

Italians overestimate country’s Muslim population by 500 percent

Need to confess sins? New app in Spain finds nearest priest

Danish doctors come out against circumcision

French town ordered to remove statue of Virgin Mary

Child punished for not saying ‘amen’ at Swedish preschool

Norway’s Catholic Church fined for fraud over membership

‘Phantom’ pilgrims fail to boost Rome tourism in Jubilee year

Vatican to open its doors to 1,000 prisoners

Archbishop: Pope’s all-male environment lacks balance

Pope: Why Swedish men look for non-Swedish women

‘I thank God for giving me the chance to come to Sweden’

Pope Francis holds Catholic mass in secular Sweden

Five facts on Protestantism as the Pope visits Sweden

Pope calls for ‘revolution of tenderness’ towards refugees

Pope takes his Christian unity bid to Protestant heartland

‘I want to see women priests in the Catholic Church’

Why the Pope is visiting Sweden next week

Vatican tells Catholics not to scatter ashes of the dead

‘Don’t turn the Pope into a global teddy bear’

‘Sensational’ 300-year-old Madonna found in Burgenland

Exorcist priest and soldier arrested for sex abuse in Italy

Sweden gets its first cemetery free of religious symbols

French churches plan day of prayer for sex abuse victims

Pope Francis appoints potential successors

‘It’s time to stop painting all Muslims with the same brush’

Sweden to ban masks but not burqas at football matches

Northern Italian region approves ‘anti-mosque’ laws

Former nuns to get civil union in northern Italy

How many Swedes say grace before a meal?

Handshaking row causes Swedish teacher to leave job

Signs of religion ‘more visible’ in French workplaces

Spanish woman denied classes over her hijab

Cardinal Schönborn defends ‘Islamic conquest’ warning

Catholic church plans ‘prayer day’ for sex abuse victims

Ex-pope Benedict ‘was in love as young man’

Record number of Danes leave the church

Church of Norway loses 25,000 members in one month

Human bones from ‘religious ritual’ found in the Med

Faithful no more: Norway church suffers 1-click exodus

French Muslims pray with Catholics over priest’s murder

Danish comedian slams prayer and religion in viral video

Muslim man fired for not shaking women’s hands

Anti-drugs campaign is Scientology in disguise: spies

Swedish priests caught up in Pokémon Go craze

Man denied security clearance at work for being Scientologist

Pupil’s refusal to shake hands with teacher leads to walk out

Saudi-funded mosque opens in Nice after long struggle

Young Muslim takes on state on headscarf ban and wins

Sweden must discuss banning religious schools: minister

Anger as Swiss council plans non-pork school lunches

German public pool bans the burqini

Archbishop faces lawsuit over ‘hate speech’ against gays

Spanish bishop demands staff get ‘anti-paedo certificate’

Danish ‘cult’ claiming ‘demons cause autism’ arrives in Spain

Catholic Church told to pay up over fake members

Most Germans don’t have any Muslim friends

Students at Spanish college forced to take exorcism class

Merkel party calls for state to spy on mosques

Swedish parents block ‘gateway’ yoga exercises

Norway moves to bar entry to ‘hate preachers’

Marseille synagogue becomes mosque as Jews move out

Spanish nuns prove virginity in bid to clear leader of order

The complete guide to confirmation in Denmark

Thousands leave the Church of Norway

Spaghetti Monster church to keep legal case on the boil

‘German should be language of mosques’: conservatives

Danes leaving the church in droves

Priest with three kids is against marriage for clergy

The Pope’s still Catholic – but half of Italians aren’t

Gay Jesus banned from Easter parade in Spain

For first time, majority in Norway don’t believe in God

Muslim witness agrees to lift veil in Munich court

Danish PM vows to take on radical imams

French victims of paedophile priest demand Pope talks

Could France fund new mosques by a ‘tax on halal’?

No space for Allah as German unis close prayer rooms

Vagina poem based on Lord’s Prayer sparks blasphemy row

Here’s why the Pope is coming to Sweden

Spain launches new reality TV show: ‘I want to be a nun’

Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster comes to Denmark

France fears church attack over Christmas

Disaster averted! Miracle blood melts (again)

Secular Swedes cheer first saint in 600 years

Christmas consent form irks Norway parents

Pope opens the door to Catholic Jubilee

Priest used charity cash for mum’s cosmetic ops

‘Alcohol-free Christmas’ aids integration: expert

What makes an Italian Christmas?

French priest compares Paris victims to terrorists

Sacked Vatican priest urges change in ‘new manifesto for gay liberation’

‘Stressed’ French priest smashes Jesus statue

Sacked priest accuses Vatican of making life ‘hell’ for homosexuals

Unholy row over revamp of Chartres Cathedral

Sicily priest in hot water over ‘miracle’ spring

More and more Swedish priests untie the knot

Most Catholics support gay marriage: study

Danish minister: ‘God created the world’

Denmark’s second-largest religion is ‘none’

New leftist councillor booed for binning Bible

New Ramadan rules to help Danish Muslims

Berlin borough town hall OKs Muslim headscarf

Drunk 72-year-old monk ‘had sex with minor’

Munich headteacher: ‘Atheists are stupid’

Church trails flock over gay couples, divorce

Woofs and wifi: Is this world’s coolest church?

Religious conflict on rise in French workplaces

Ex-President: Germans right to fear Islam

Church fires woman for secret porn career

Denmark ‘more religious’ than neighbour countries

One in five Spaniards are ‘convinced atheists’

Sweden ‘least religious’ nation in Western world

Priest quits church to marry secret lover

Is it really illegal to dance at Easter in Germany?

Atheists equal believers in Norway for first time

Bishops slam ‘abhorrent’ confession exposé

Italy seeks to stop ‘anti-mosque law’

Muslim Council says Jewish fears ‘justified’

Germany and the seven deadly sins

Pope’s ‘smack’ approval draws ire in Germany

Austrian appeals to Pope to stop noisy night bell

Breeders say Pope’s ‘rabbits’ comment ‘unfair’

Pope slams ‘deviant forms of religion’

Topless cathedral protest gets day in court

Church can sack workers who remarry: court

Life in Austrian Catholic community ‘was hell’

Defrocked priest fails to appeal abuse sentence

‘Gays can be cured’ Turin teacher tells pupils

Catholic Church in illegal members scandal

Swiss shun religion for the supernatural

Bishop of Oslo returns to job after long absence

Vicar wants farting baptism baby ad ban

GOD TV founder left wife ‘for Austrian woman’

Trainee priests housed in containers

Spain’s secretive Opus Dei group loses power

Vicar: God rejects fans of women priests

School religion teacher fired for being gay

Police: fire in Berlin mosque was ‘accident’

Spain’s flamenco priest wins new fans for church

Sweden’s first female archbishop sworn in

Berlin plans one home for three religions

Priest shocks Spain with wife-beater sermon

Court bans Muslim pupil from wearing face veil

VIDEO: Easter antics land ‘drunk’ teen in trouble

Dancing priest shakes his stuff for new saints

Jewish convert fears Sweden Democrat surge

Seven surprising facts about Spain’s Holy Week

Easter pardon: Thieving banker walks free

Crowds swamp church after ‘Holy Grail’ claim

Orgies and executions: It’s mayhem in Münster

‘Bling bishop’ blew €213,000 on a fish tank

Catholic Church launches child sex abuse probe

Swedish prejudice ‘baffles’ Catholic convert

‘I’ll make Catholic Church heard in Germany again’

Headless and limbless: Germany’s best saints

Fury after ‘Virgin Mary’ awarded top police medal

Teen Muslim convert defies atheist family

Bible-belt Buddhist convert ‘no superhero’

New review of threats to Sweden’s mosques

Nuns left red-faced after missing pope call

Christians gather in France for annual summit

Allow hymns at graduation: government

Pope falls victim to Catalan ‘shitter’ tradition

Jesus’ crucifixion was legal: Spanish study

‘Untrusting’ Catholics rush to leave church

Religion teacher fired for adopting Jewish faith

Education strike protests ‘brutal’ spending cuts

How rich is the Catholic Church in Germany?

Catholic bishop spends €350,000 on wardrobes

Bishop racks up €31 million building bill

‘Lavish’ bishop flies Ryanair for Pope talks

Angry parents spark halal school lunch spat

French scientologists angered by fraud verdict

Mosques open doors to non-Muslims

Church sermons to explore sex and gay love

Judge orders lawyer to remove headscarf

Four on trial over week-long exorcism ‘torture’

Atheist ad campaign riles Italy’s Catholics

Why Sweden’s newest minister upsets ‘smörgåsbord-Christians’

French imams to meet Pope

Swedish group seeks sex education expansion

Headscarf photo ‘ruins job interview chances’

Court hears Brit bishop’s Holocaust appeal

Christians ‘will be minority in Germany’

Cops remove 40 kids from Christian sect

Cross-bearing Spaniard marches on Gibraltar

Festival-goers: ‘We’ve been permanently dyed’

Lack of Catholics kills holiday in unlucky areas

Turkish man takes pain out of praying

Student priests sacked for Hitler salutes

Theft of Luther texts leaves police baffled

The ever-popular Cologne Cathedral

Fire resurrects ‘devil talk’ in exorcism town

Egypt deports German Islamist preacher

Top Muslims: ‘terrorism not a topic for talks’

Atheist shoes go missing in God-fearing US

200-year-old German mummies on display

Brazil to buy German anti-aircraft tanks

Mould ‘haemorrhoids’ threaten church organs

Catholic churches up for sale on eBay

Facebook ‘censors’ radio host’s pope criticism

Pope Francis surprises German Catholic bishops

Cardinal: Picking pope like ‘visiting the dentist’

German fake bishop infiltrates Vatican

German Catholics bid farewell to their pope

Pope’s exit saddens Bavarian hometown

‘Benedict’s resignation was his biggest reform’

Top bishop expects new morning-after pill rules

Church backs morning-after pill for rape victims

Germany’s Pope Benedict to step down

Archbishop Meisner sees growing ‘Catholic-phobia’

Roman Catholic church reveals sex abuse figures

Leading Catholic: Let priests have sex

Court: church employees can strike – mostly

Hamburg’s deal with Muslims sparks concerns

Church bans 9-year-old’s football gravestone

Leading Hindu priest attacked at home

Salafist jailed for stabbing police officers

Court: Woman can wear headscarf at work

Lutherans angered by Pussy Riot honour

Cabinet agrees new circumcision bill

Thieves steal mummified liar’s hand from church

Court rules Muslim girl must take swim class

Interior minister rules out blasphemy law

Magazine pokes fun at Islam video row

Catholics to exclude church tax dodgers

Thief racks up €300,000 bill on church phone

Protests as ‘Israel-hater’ gets philosophy prize

Jewish graves vandalized in northern Germany

Jews, Muslims protest for right to circumcise

Centre-left opposes ban on anti-Islam film

Judge questions legality of child ear-piercing

Jews call on Muslims to fight anti-Semitism

Vatican drops injunction against satire magazine

Youths attack rabbi in street for ‘being Jewish’

Pussy Riot copycats could see church charges

First report against rabbi for circumcision

Far-right activists stage anti-Muslim protest

Berliners protest after rabbi beating

Anti-Islam group targets mosques and leftists

Hamburg signs historic deal with Muslims

Thief returns anti-Nazi bishop’s treasures

Bishop calls for blasphemy laws

Stasi spy pastor leaves church in disgrace

German vicar goes limp in ‘erotic service’

Germans evenly split over circumcision law

Gunmen rob World Heritage Site vicar

Germany pledges ‘right to circumcise’

Young men launch pro-circumcision petition

Hospital stops ops after circumcision ruling

‘Witches’ pardoned 400 years after executions

Muslims, Jews denounce circumcision ruling

Circumcision: religious right or crime?

Religious circumcisions are crimes says court

Priests rebel to include remarried divorcees

Statue scares public, angers art buffs

Cop suspended for radical Islamist beliefs

100 arrests as Muslims clash with far-right

German Catholic school in rectal pill rights row

East Germany world’s most Godless area

Koran distributors may face more scrutiny

Trier’s ‘Jesus tunic’ ready for half a million pilgrims

Over a third of Germans believe in life after death

Germany’s top myths and legends

Westerwelle summons Iranian ambassador

Integration study author criticizes interior minister

‘White Rose’ founder declared a saint

Man cites Christian faith for kidnapping children

Jews ‘ashamed’ of Israeli Holocaust protest

Bavarians build church out of snow

Islamic studies gain foothold in state schools

Most Germans won’t go to church this Christmas

Pope escapes German seat belt fine

Munich bans Rammstein on Christian holy day

‘The MPs who didn’t come have missed out’

Pope urges faith in Church at Berlin mass

Joy, protests and apathy await pope in Germany

‘I liked the Polish pope better’

Catholics demand reform ahead of pope visit

Pope’s visit sparks security lockdown

Schoolbooks distort Islam, study shows

The morality of pope bashing

Anti-discrimination chief calls for tougher sanctions

Website lets parishioners to rate their priests

Mercedes to build greener Popemobile

Registration begins for tickets for pope visit

Scientology struggles to find followers amid recruitment drives

Firing of Jesus-loving call centre worker found kosher

Pope’s plans for September trip to Germany finalized

Muslims forming charity system for kindergartens and care homes

Hamburg’s landmark Michel church turns 350

Pope to hold mass at Berlin’s Charlottenburg Palace

Facebook becoming popular sacrifice for Lent

Catholics urge ditching celibacy rule for priests

Hesse bans burkas for state workers

Adventurous duo fined for nude photo shoot in Bavarian church

Sex abuse victims reject Church payout offer

Pastor sacked for sex in Hamburg church

German Coptics fear Islamist attacks

Church fears low turnout for pope’s Berlin visit