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Why Germany's Catholics turn their back on the church (www.dw.com)

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Over half a million German Roman Catholics left the church last year alone. Why do people break with the institution? DW's Christoph Strack caught up with one of those who have done so.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I would love a church tax here. Would like to see how many of the "religious" politicians would pay the tax to keep up the charade.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

You misunderstand. Church tax in Germany means that the state is the tax collector for the church. Every individual registered as either catholic or protestant has to pay.

The church itself gets a certain tax exemption and so on. The only theoretical advantage is that the churches are a part of Bureaucracy and somewhat accountable. But as I said theoretically.