“FAITH IN GOD IS ON THE VERGE OF EVAPORATING,” LEADING GERMAN BISHOP SAYS

Wed 06 September 2023:

Georg Bätzing, chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference, stated that religion and church attendance are declining in Germany, DPA reported.

The Church-leaving trend, which has been building for decades, “has gained massive momentum,” the top Catholic bishop told 500 guests at the St Michael’s Annual Reception in Berlin on Monday evening.

Bätzing went on to say that not only was the number of committed worshipers declining, but so was the faith itself.

“Faith in God is on the verge of evaporating,” Bätzing said.

“The Church’s ability to win people over to the gospel and to give guidance is decreasing with every generation.”

The Church of earlier times, in which faith in God and membership were passed on, as it were automatically, from one generation to the next, no longer exists, he said.

Therefore, the Church today has to find new ways to reach people if it wants to matter, the bishop said.

Concrete actions are needed to ensure the Church remains central to providing support for social networks in Germany.

Despite all the challenges, it could still contribute to “holding this society together and limiting the influence of misanthropic ideologies,” Bätzing said.

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