POPE BENEDICT DENOUNCES GERMANY’S ‘UNMERCIFUL’ CHURCH TAX by Bradley Eli, M.Div., Ma.Th.  •  ChurchMilitant.com  •  October 12, 2016 “Automatic excommunication of those who do not pay it, in my view, is not sustainable” ROME (Churchmilitant.com) – Pope Emeritus Benedict is denouncing the “unmerciful” German Church for excommunicating parishioners who don’t pay the Church tax. In … Continue reading POPE BENEDICT DENOUNCES GERMANY’S ‘UNMERCIFUL’ CHURCH TAX