Over 600,000 left Germany's two main Christian churches in 2025

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2026-03-16

Cologne (dpa) - More than 600,000 German Catholics and Protestants left the church in 2025, official figures revealed on Monday, as Germany's two main Christian churches continued to haemorrhage members. The Protestant Church in Germany (EKD) reported some 350,000 members quit last year, while some 307,000 people turned their backs on the Catholic Church. While the numbers represented a decline in dropouts for both churches compared to the previo......

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