For the ever dwindling band of German Catholics the harsh truth of this increasingly corrupt organisation has been brought into sharp focus. If a German Catholic opts out of paying their 'Church Tax' (at an amazing 8% of their tax bill) then the good old Catholic Church - ever quick to take a dump on any dissenters - will withdraw the 'benefits' of being a Catholic. So, effectively the Catholics are now running a protection racket (alongside child exploitation, gay-hating, etc) presided over by Mr. Ratzinger playing Godfather in The Vatican. Its a funny old world, unless of course you are misguided enough to still believe that the Catholic Church is anything other than a sinister business...
'Germany’s Roman Catholics are to be denied the right to Holy Communion or religious burial if they stop paying a special church tax.
'A German bishops’ decree which has just come into force says anyone failing to pay the tax - an extra 8% of their income tax bill - will no longer be considered a Catholic.
'The bishops have been alarmed by the number of Catholics leaving the Church.
'They say such a step should be seen as a serious act against the community.
'All Germans who are officially registered as Catholics, Protestants or Jews pay a religious tax of 8-9% on their annual income tax bill. The levy was introduced in the 19th Century in compensation for the nationalisation of religious property.' (BBC News article).
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