These include the high altar with an enormous monolithic slab of black limestone, believed to be the largest in any Christian church ... of Germany and the State of North Rhine-Westphalia guarantee ...

A German regional court on Tuesday ordered the Archdiocese of Cologne to pay €300,000 ... A far higher sum than Germany's Catholic Church dioceses have paid in voluntary, symbolic compensation ...

A satirical parade float that links Jesus with the church abuse scandal has been criticised as “tasteless” by church leaders. Germany's Catholic Church said the float, made for a street parade ...

That's where our famous cathedral is. It is one of the most visited sites in Germany. It took 750 years to build it. Cologne cathedral has the largest free-swinging bell in the world. It's called ...