Posted on 07/27/2017 8:17:57 PM PDT by marshmallow
New report shows German Church hemorrhaging souls while making record amount of money
BONN, Germany (ChurchMilitant.com) - A July 23 report by the German Bishops' Conference reveals shocking statistics for the Catholic Church in Germany between 2014–2015.
While German bishops collected over $7.1 billion through the government-mandated church tax, which was called "unmerciful" by Pope Benedict XVI, barely 10 percent of Germany's Catholics attended Mass.
Although there were over 167,000 baptisms, the highest number since 2010, there were, however, more burials than baptisms, with nearly 10,000 fewer children receiving their First Holy Communion.
Germans Catholics have been leaving the Church in droves. In 2015, nearly 182,000 souls left, keeping with the trend of at least 100,000, leaving the Church every year since 1990. Ninety-four parishes were closed and only 58 men ordained in 2015.
It was reported in 2015 that less than half of German priests pray outside of Mass or the Divine Office or go to confession.
The bishops, while collecting over $7.1 billion in 2015, have been the leaders of the largest deterioration since the Protestant revolution in the sixteenth century.
They have praised arch-heretic Martin Luther, calling him a "Gospel witness and teacher of the Faith," while promoting homosexual behavior and pushing the globalist agenda, allowing the influx of hundreds of thousands of anti-Catholic Muslims into Europe while continuing to support homosexuality.
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You want to show me where in the Bible it says to preach a different Gospel depending on the culture?
Cardinal Marx previously said the rest of the world looks to the German Church for leadership...
Wow. The hubris. Wow.
Truffel Kardinals. Eaters of the rare mushroom delicacy while 90,000 Christians out in the real world pay for their faith with their lives each year. Ancient Israel couldn’t be defeated except through lust, Baal of Peor. The memory of Germany’s own martyrs in WWII has hardly passed before the vice of avarice, not lust, worms its way under the strong towers that resisted the devil’s legions for so long.
No, seriously, Cardinal Marx is right. We look which way the German Church is heading and we know to head in the opposite direction!
They apparently didn’t understand the Gospel passage about “You cannot serve both God and mammon”.
Kissing m*slim a$$ won’t reverse that trend.
German bishop #1: No longer can we say, “silver and gold have I none”
German bishop #2: Yes, but no longer can we say, “in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk”
Satan is smiling and belting down a knockwurst and a beer. Too bad. The Germans have such a history of making poor choices.
Satan is smiling and belting down a knockwurst and a beer. Too bad. The Germans have such a history of making poor choices.
Germany will cause trouble to Europe again.
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