Revellers celebrate the start of the street carnival at the Alter Markt (Old Marketplace) in Cologne, Germany, Thursday, Feb.

Hundreds of thousands of carnival revelers have taken over the streets of the Rhineland in western Germany, dancing, singing, ...

Germany’s Catholic Church has sharply criticized a carnival float made for a big street parade in the western city of Cologne ...

Carnival celebrations in Germany kicked off on Thursday as huge costumed crowds began cutting loose amid tightened security, ...

Germany's Carnival celebrations have kicked off with revelers heading to Cologne and Düsseldorf in particular. Added security ...

Police are on high alert ahead of Germany's traditional carnival celebrations this week after social media connected to the ...

Germany’s Catholic Church has sharply criticized a carnival float made for a big street parade in the western city of Cologne that linked Jesus with the church abuse scandal ...

Here are some of the major stories of the Catholic Church around the world that you might have missed this past week.

Germany’s Rhineland region burst into life on February 27, as Carnival celebrations swung into action with much fanfare in ...

A carnival float depicts the Catholic Church at the presentation of this year's satirical carnival floats for the Rose Monday ...

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