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Bytes Europe<p>Catholic population in Germany drops below 20 million for the first time <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/871581/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/871581/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CatholicNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatholicNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ChurchInGermany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchInGermany</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ChurchTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchTax</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/demographics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demographics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a></p>
Arena Cops 🇺🇦✌<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GreenFire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GreenFire</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.coffee/@JRBuckley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>JRBuckley</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@JMaverickJacks1" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>JMaverickJacks1</span></a></span> Church tax in Europe is primarily collected for religious (mostly Christian) communities by the state in Germany &amp; Switzerland in Europe.<br>Any questions about the Separation of Church &amp; State?</p><p>Besides, churches (Protestant, Catholic...) also enjoy charitable/nonprofit status in Europe for charitable work they're doing, besides eg operating bank businesses...</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ChurchTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchTax</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TaxChurches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxChurches</span></a></p>
Arena Cops 🇺🇦✌<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.coffee/@JRBuckley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>JRBuckley</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@JMaverickJacks1" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>JMaverickJacks1</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GreenFire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GreenFire</span></a></span> You were wise enough to change it asap!</p><p>After Napoleon expropriated the church(es), in Germany "church tax" was absurdly introduced to compensate the Vatican for losing some of its estate riches.<br>Which apparently didn't make the Catholic church any poorer - today German taxpayers are paying the salaries of German cardinal, bishops &amp; other clerics, about 442 million Euros annually. </p><p>God help the clerics to be paid by the Vatican &amp; their respective churches.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FairTaxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FairTaxation</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ChurchTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchTax</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/EffingRichChurches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EffingRichChurches</span></a></p>