(RNS) — After the Holocaust, Jewish males born in postwar Germany were exempted from military service, but about 300 volunteers are now in uniform. (RNS) — Germany’s armed forces will soon appoint ...

BERLIN – The German government wants to ensure Jewish and Muslim parents can continue circumcising their sons despite a local court’s ruling that the practice amounts to criminal bodily harm. A ...

And they describe the positions of the German parties with regard to religious policy as well as positions abroad. "Ideas of what religious policy should look like in the future are sometimes so far ...

(RNS) The practical approach these faculties have taken contrasts sharply with the increasingly shrill declarations coming from Germany’s far-right. (RNS) While Germany’s politicians are loudly ...

A new survey of heads of German Catholic religious orders found abuse allegations against at least 654 members over a period of decades, reported the German Catholic news agency KNA. The survey of 392 ...

Mimi Lipis reflects the resurgence of Jewish life here. One of Germany’s 200,000 Jews, the 38-year-old lives in what used to be called West Berlin with her American husband Leo and three children. But ...