Berlin's other city magazine Tip just ran a story on the raising chuch attendance especially in the district of Prenzlauer Berg. It also happens to be the neighbourhood I've used to live.
As for religious denominations, the population in Germany can roughly be split up in thirds: the Catholics, the Protestants and the Undenominational occupying almost equal shares. As usual, Berlin doesn't quite conform. Here 60% of the people (pdf) remain outside organised religion. Part of this can be explained by the legacy of the secular DDR.
The surge into the church and to its activities comes from migrant "middle-young" adults with families. Babycarts are more common than SUVs on these narrow streets. This can be cross-checked from reports, that books about baptism and guardian angels are bestsellers in Christian bookshops.
Lately they discussed the notion of miracle in my favourite YLE Radio 1 programme Merkkituote. In response to the in Sao Paulo, Matti Myllykoski closed the discussion with following words (translation mine):
That is interesting. I'd personally expect – and would take it as a mirale – a counter-reaction to all this dumbness... that against the dumbness, man would choose less, which is more. That we'd concentrate more in being selective about the offerings of the surroundings, and would dig deeper into it. In the old times it was called mysticism.
I wouldn't say it's mysticism that's happening in the neighbourhood, but it is nevertheless an interesting development I'll keep an eye on.
