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Pope Francis does not want the German Catholic Church to “become Protestant”
Pope Francis does not want the Roman Catholic Church in Germany to be as progressive as the Protestant denomination in the country. “I say to German Catholics: Germany has a large and beautiful Protestant Church. I wouldn't want another, which won't be as good as the other”, he said on…
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Northern Europe
YouTube bans prayer channel Norwegian church
YouTube has banned the Norwegian program Kanal 10 “We pray for you.” According to the platform, the channel violates its guidelines and falls under the category of “online spam, deceptive practices and fraud.” “We were told last week Monday that if we continued to broadcast the prayer program, YouTube would…
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Western Europe
Dutch Christians do not live more sustainably than non-Christians
Although Dutch Christians fly less than the average Dutchman, they eat more meat. Regarding sustainability and climate, their footprint hardly differs from that of the non-Christian population of the Netherlands: about four in five Christians are concerned about climate change. These conclusions can be drawn after the Dutch Christian daily…
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Slovak psychologist pleads for better family policies
According to the Slovakian psychologist Zuzana Straková, secular states can often accommodate families better than Catholic Slovakia. Straková pleads for a better family policy in the Central-European country. Straková works as a counsellor-psychologist at Alexis Consulting, an organisation which helps women with unplanned pregnancies. In an interview with Slovak newspaper…
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Central Europe
New German anti-Semitism commissioner: Horrific anti-Semitism burned into our culture
There is much work to do regarding anti-Semitism, says Bishop Gerhard Ulrich. He is the new anti-Semitism coordinator in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. “Everyday anti-Semitism feeds on a grandiose lack of knowledge about Jewish culture”, he notices. When playing in his parents' house attic, Ulrich stumbled upon several scrapbooks…
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Southern Europe
Maltese prime minister hints at liberalising restrictive abortion laws
Malta might soon liberalise its total ban on abortions. Prime Minister Robert Abela hinted at that during an interview with local media. An amendment will be on the table within two weeks, Abela promised in an interview with Times of Malta on Sunday. He stressed that this amendment was not…
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Central Europe
Germans upset for removing cross at G7 meeting
At the request of the German foreign ministry, a cross was removed from the Hall of Peace in the German city of Münster for a G7 meeting. The decision was met with a lot of criticism. The foreign ministers of G7, the group of the seven leading industrial nations and…
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Iranian Christians receive asylum in the Netherlands after being detained
A Christian family from Iran that spent five weeks in detention and was threatened with deportation to their home country has received asylum now anyways. The couple, Sarang and Elham, and their daughter Anisa (9) got told that by their lawyer on Saturday, as announced by pastor Marco Buitenhuis. The…
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Eastern Europe
Russian Orthodox Church does not want to criminalise homosexuality
Sodomy should not become a criminal offence, the Russian Orthodox Church argues in a statement. However, the Orthodox Church does support the LGBT propaganda ban, which the State Duma adopted in October. Not every sin of a person should be punished under criminal law, Vladimir Legoyda said in an interview…
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Christian Party Norway now called Conservative Party
Since Saturday, the Christian Party (PKD) in Norway is called Conservative Party. That was decided at a national party meeting. Delegates at the meeting could choose between the alternatives “Blue” or “Conservative”, or they could vote to keep the party name the same, Dagen writes. “Conservative” turned out to be…
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