Catholic Church tells Germans: Pay church tax or no sacraments

If you ever wanted to know what the bottom line in the Catholic Church is, wonder no more:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/25/no-tax-no-sacraments-decrees-german-catholic-church/

Germany’s Roman Catholics who refuse to pay a church tax will be barred from receiving the sacraments or becoming a godparent, under controversial new restrictions entering into force on Monday.  The bishops’ decree said that “if the person who has left the Church has not displayed any regret before their death, a religious burial may be refused.”