Germany

“Ninety years ago, a document was drawn up by faithful Protestant Christians to proclaim their stand against the Nazi state’s attempt to coopt the church and pervert its teachings. It remains both a herald and a witness for the faithful today.” - Acton

“A German homeschooling Christian family facing deportation after living in the United States for 15 years has been given a one-year stay of removal, according to the legal group representing them.” - CPost

“A group of congressional representatives this week urged the Biden Department of Justice to refrain from deporting a German family who emigrated to the U.S. more than a decade ago seeking asylum in order to home-school their children.” - Catholic Telegraph

“Marriage seminar set up a clash between religious teachings and gay rights, but ‘alienating’ comments are not criminal, court rules.” - C.Today

“Evangelical Christian Baptist Church “leaders said they followed safety guidelines and disinfected the entire building before the service. They also provided hand sanitizer to attendees and required that people stay 1.5 meters (five feet) apart, per regulations.” - CL

“In the month since immigrants burned an Israeli flag at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate and chanted anti-Semitic slogans, politicians have proposed appointing a federal commissioner on hate crimes against Jews” and other measures. RNS

On the streets where Martin Luther preached, about 85 percent of residents have no religion, 40-plus years after Soviet rule ingrained a deep skepticism of God and religion

“If in a generation half or more than half of Germany’s population is Muslim and remains closer in spirit to the cultures of the Middle East and North Africa than adopting the cultural attitudes of the West, how do you think that will play out in its democracy?”

“Farris says that all the court options to save the Romeikes from being deported have been exhausted, but HSLDA is working on a congressional solution.” CPost

“[W]hen church officials explain that there’s little point in heating a church that has no thermal insulation and high-arched ceilings every Sunday for just 10 churchgoers, these critics of closing churches are also left at a loss for what to say.”

The Last Supper: Germany’s Great Church Sell-Off