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The Catholic Church denounced Nazism in the years leading up to its rise to power in 1933–34. It believed its primary duty was to protect German Catholics and the Church. Popes Pius XI and Pius XII publicly denounced racism and the murder of innocents.
The Catholic Church and Nazi Germany (2009). Mourret, Fernand. History Of The Catholic Church (8 vol, 1931) comprehensive history to 1878. country by country. online free; by French Catholic priest. Ross, Ronald J. The failure of Bismarck's Kulturkampf: Catholicism and state power in imperial Germany, 1871-1887 (Catholic University of Amer ...
Pages in category "Catholic Church in Germany" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. ... Central Committee of German Catholics; Church 2011;
The Catholic Church in Germany comprises 7 ecclesiastical provinces each headed by an archbishop. The provinces are in turn subdivided into 20 dioceses and 7 archdioceses each headed by a bishop or an archbishop.
Into the early 1930s the German Centre Party, the German Catholic bishops, and the Catholic media had been mainly solid in their rejection of National Socialism. They denied Nazis the sacraments and church burials, and Catholic journalists excoriated National Socialism daily in Germany's 400 Catholic newspapers.
The Catholic trade unions formed the left wing of the Catholic community in Germany. The Nazis moved quickly to suppress both the "Free" unions (Socialist) and the "Christian unions" (allied with the Catholic Church). In 1933 all unions were liquidated. [56] Catholic union leaders arrested by the regime included Blessed Nikolaus Gross and Jakob ...
Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption (German: Liebfrauenkirche: July 13, 1951: Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia Cologne: Basilica of St. Severin: March 9, 1953: Werl, North Rhine-Westphalia Paderborn: Basilica of the Visitation of Our Lady: October 16, 1953: Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg: Freiburg: Cathedral of Constance: May 30, 1955: Bonn ...
The following category includes persons from Germany who are or were members of the Roman Catholic Church. Membership does not necessarily indicate personal Christian faith. Contents