For, in addition to the fact that Catholics are getting very little for their money, there are very serious ethical questions indeed about how it is being used by the German Church.
*All statistics from the official website of the German Bishops' Conference, which has reported Catholics leaving as follows: 2010 (181,193); 2011 (126,48 ) and 2012 (118,3350). The website can be found here: in German (all years) in English (2010)
UPDATE 2017
2013 stats in English, Catholics reported leaving as follows: (178,805), deaths (252,344), total 431,149. New members 3,062. HERE
2014 stats in German, Catholics reported leaving as follows: (217,716), deaths (240, 262), total 457,978. New members 2809
2015 stats in German, Catholics reported leaving as follows: (181,925), deaths (254,260), total 463,185. New members 2685.
**http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/after-papal-rebuke-german-bishops-to-sell-book-company-caught-selling-eroti/
***http://eponymousflower.blogspot.de/2013/11/60-million-euro-church-tax-for-porno.html
****Article by Stephan Köhnlein at Cathcon: http://bit.ly/1poIiCQ
*****http://www.thecatholicthing.org/2014/02/28/germanys-pay-to-pray-regime/
More sources:
http://www.crisismagazine.com/2013/is-schism-inevitable-in-germany
http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/german-bishops-finally-denounce-abortion-counselling-service
http://www.priestsforlife.org/magisterium/98-01-11germancounseling.html
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/issues/august-11th-2017/money-cant-save-german-catholicism/
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