>If there is one subject on which the German episcopate shows an astonishing conservatism, it is that of the Kirchensteuer, the church tax. It is a tax whose abolition is less topical than that of ecclesiastical celibacy across the Rhine, and has brought in 6.8 billion euros in 2022, a record amount that should be qualified nevertheless.
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>If there is one subject on which the German episcopate shows an astonishing conservatism, it is that of the Kirchensteuer, the church tax. It is a tax whose abolition is less topical than that of ecclesiastical celibacy across the Rhine, and has brought in 6.8 billion euros in 2022, a record amount that should be qualified nevertheless.