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After nearly three decades of federal surveillance, Germany has ended its separate nationwide monitoring of the Church of Scientology — a landmark moment for religious freedom…
WRN Editorial Staff
May 20, 2026
Celebrity
“The very person who constructed this believed in children being children…Please keep your hatred and judgment to yourselves” Superstar Pink posted several pictures on social media…
Catholicism
Members of the Holy Spirit Church walked out the sermon in protest Retired priest, Ulrich Zurkuhlen, has caused quite a stir in the city of Münster,…
Religion News
Museum agreed to compensate him with a €110,000 severance and a pension A case filed by a German Scientologist, fired two years ago from his position…
Catholicism
The decline has outpaced German Catholics Germany is the birthplace of the Protestant Reformation but from the middle of the 20th century, the European nation has…
Religion News
Jakiw Palij died in a retirement facility at 95. Richard Grenell, U.S. Ambassador, tweeted on Thursday announcing the death of Jakiw Palij, an ex-Nazi prison guard…
Judaism
Every survivor will receive about $2,800. The German Government has consented to make a single lump sum payment to the Jewish Kindertransport survivors.[/tweetit] These are children…
Issues
It was the second annual International Holocaust Survivors Night event. Gatherings of Holocaust survivors around the world set out to mark the third night of Hanukkah…
Judaism
Johann Rehbogen will be tried in a juvenile court as he was below 21 years of age when he was an SS guard. Johann Rehbogen, a…
Catholicism
The church withheld access to documents A study commissioned by the German unit of the Roman Catholic Church uncovered that over 3,600 children, aged 13 or…
Catholicism
Conservative Catholic bishops have voiced their disapproval Pope Francis barred German bishops from publishing any guideline on Communion for non-Catholic spouses.[/tweetit] The pontiff explicitly said this…
Christianity
Different Groups, Including The Catholic Church, Oppose The Law Markus Soder of Christian Social Union (CSU) brought in the “crucifix obligation” or Kreuzpflicht to buttress Bavarian…