AdvertisementGerman Catholics' Path To Heaven Comes With TaxesOctober 09, 2012Sylvia PoggiolifacebookEmailBavarian bishops walk in a procession to the Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers near Bad Staffelstein, Germany, in May. A decree by the German bishops' conference warns that German Catholics who do not pay a state church tax will be denied sacraments. (EPA/Landov)