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650 Catholic Churches in Germany Closed Since 2005

The secretariat of the German Bishops' Conference told DW.com (19 February) that 650 Catholic churches across the country have "ceased to be used for worship" since 2005.

He spoke of a "veritable wave of secularisation" [read: self-made secularisation]. An average of 28 Novus Ordo churches have been closed every year in Germany since 2019.

By 2023, every second German will no longer belong to one of the two main Christian churches.

Church buildings are being demolished to make way for housing estates or nursing homes, or converted into galleries, climbing walls, pubs or funeral parlours.

This trend is not surprising, as the German dioceses have no more to offer than any other decadent left-wing party.

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Live Mike
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“In vast areas of the earth the faith risks being extinguished, like a flame without fuel.” “We are facing a profound crisis of faith, a loss of a religious sense which represents one of the greatest challenges for the Church today … The renewal of faith must, then, be a priority for the entire Church in our time.” - Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican City, 27 January 2012 from his address to the …More
“In vast areas of the earth the faith risks being extinguished, like a flame without fuel.” “We are facing a profound crisis of faith, a loss of a religious sense which represents one of the greatest challenges for the Church today … The renewal of faith must, then, be a priority for the entire Church in our time.” - Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican City, 27 January 2012 from his address to the participants in the plenary session of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
To participants in the Plenary Meeting of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (January 27, 2012) | BENEDICT XVI
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Too bad His Holiness didn’t hang around long enough to ensure the “renewal” of the Faith about which he spoke so very eloquently. Instead, it was his own pontificate that was “extinguished, like a flame without fuel.” May God forgive him for his cowardly desertion of the Flock entrusted into his care.
J G Tasan
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So sad... 🥺
Cornelio Nino Morales
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"650 Catholic Churches closed in 20 years, what happens when a church turns away from God? The Holy Spirit departs and what is not from God is demolished."
Liam Ronan
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@Cornelio Nino Morales The spiders web. La telaraña de la araña.
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