“St. Athanasius’ life as the bishop of Alexandria was taken up by his labors against the Arian heresy, which called into question the divinity of Christ,” says Dr. Matthew Bunson, Senior Contributor for EWTN News and host of EWTN's new series, Doctors of the Church. “As a result, he was exiled five times by four emperors [who supported Arianism], and spent 20 years total in exile. He was exiled to the frozen parts of German, the hottest deserts of Egypt, and to Rome. At one point, he had to hide

2020 marked the third consecutive year that at least 200,000 German Catholics left the Church. According to numbers released by the German Bishops Conference, in 2020 there were also fewer Catholic weddings, baptisms and First Communions than in 2019. Chief Correspondent for CNA Deutsch, Rudolf Gehrig, provides an analysis of these numbers and how reliable they are. Gehrig explains whether the Bishops Conference gave reasons for why so many people are leaving the Church. The chief correspondent