Atheists are now the largest group in Germany.
For the first time ever, Germany has more atheists (47%) than Catholics and Protestants combined (45%).
This decline in faith is particularly noticeable in southern states such as Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria.
#Germany #Atheism #Religion #Demographics #Catholics #Protestants #Muslims #Catholicism #Protestantism #Islam
Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia at age 15 in 2006, is set to be canonized by the Catholic Church at the end of this month. That means he'll be the first millennial saint. Aftermath's Riley Macleod looks at how Acutis became a saint, and the significance of how "current" he is, from his clothing to his enjoyment of gaming. "Talking to someone on the 'inside' of the Church showed me that, even if there is something a bit eye-rolling about a lot of this, Acutis can also remind people of the sanctity of the everyday, where a religious life can live alongside a conscious approach to secular hobbies like video games," Macleod says.
#Religion #Culture #PopCulture #Millennial #Catholicism #CarloAcutis #Gaming
🇺🇲 SCOTUS created Trump2 monster
https://www.salon.com/2025/04/15/john-roberts-created-this-monster-what-is-he-going-to-do-about-him
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114026371636003552
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114185874831884676
* presidential immunity
🇺🇲 #Trump #fascism #antiLGBTQ #Christofascism #transgenocide #SCOTUS #JohnRoberts
#LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety #Catholicism #whiteSupremacism #OpusDei #RobertsCourt
Transgenocide 🏳️⚧️ #TransLivesMatter
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870
CAVE: collaborate, advocate, vote, educate
#unionize #solidarity #socialism #ecosocialism
In Barcelona, Gaudi's works stand tall,
His architecture revered by all.
Now the Vatican's decree
Brings him closer to sanctity,
As a saint, he'll never truly fall.
#GuardianLimerick #Culture #Architecture #Barcelona #Vatican #Catholicism #Religion #Spain #Europe
"Every detail of her life was controlled, she says, from her clothes to visiting her parents. “I was not allowed to spend Christmas with my family or attend my grandmother’s funeral. Often, they denied our requests, telling us to ‘offer it up’ as a sacrifice to God. They hid behind God to use us.”
This is where Gilead is going.....
"The women also say they faced extreme control, their letters were censored, and they were banned from reading anything but children’s books or religious texts. When they eventually escaped, the women say they were left without money, clothes or qualifications."
Opus Dei is creepy as fuck and nothing more than a cult by the looks of it....
Lured by promises of an education but allegedly trapped in servitude and self-mortification, the former members are suing the ultra-conservative organisation over their ‘exploitation and abuse’
Small Things Like These. By Claire Keegan.
You are an Irish man, as a kid you and your mom were seriously helped by a stranger, and you now have daughters of your own; it’s an ordinary life, but you happen on a teen girl who needs serious help, and your decision about what to do feels momentous.
4 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈 🐈.
@bookstodon #bookstodon #books #reading #ireland #ethics #catholicism #humanity
Faith-based entertainment is booming, thanks to a ready-made audience and the backing of the American right. The TV series The Chosen, with Jonathan Roumie playing Christ, claims to have reached more than a quarter of a billion viewers. And this is just the tip of the iceberg …
There once was a visit so grand,
King Charles and Queen Camilla took a stand.
To the Pope they came,
With love in their aim,
A gesture so kind and unplanned.
#GuardianLimerick #Vatican #Italy #Europe #Monarchy #Catholicism #Christianity
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/09/king-charles-queen-camilla-visit-pope-francis
MediaFaro Analysis
Flipboard Culture Desk
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️
Guardian Limericks
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈
Ken Thompson
Culture | The Guardian US