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Pay your tax or your right to Holy Communion will be denied in Germany

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German Catholics must now pay a 8% church tax for them to continue receiving the Holy Communion and a religious burial when they die. The tax is in addition to the income tax they already have been paying. Though some may argue that the church is now selling what is sacred, Roman Catholic bishops say the levy was introduced in the 19th Century in compensation for the nationalisation of religious property. One wonders whether this religious tax applies to other religions like Islam or it’s just selective targeting of Catholics.

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