High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The History of Roman Catholicism in Germany should be read in parallel with the History of Germany as it was progressively confused, in competition with, oppressed by and distinguished from the State. The long History of the Roman Catholicism in Germany can also explain much of the History of the Roman Catholic Church, especially in the period of the Middle Ages, under the Roman Catholic Empire, or the World Wars, during its struggle with authoritarian regimes.