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European Union
EU continues to pay for Palestinian schoolbooks
The European Parliament continues to grant subsidies to controversial textbooks for Palestinian schools. The support amounts to 30 million euros. The Dutch conservative Christian MEP, Bert-Jan Ruissen, submitted a motion to freeze the grants, the ECR fraction writes in a press release. According to Ruissen, these books are full of…
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Central Europe
Orthodox Church of Ukraine approves Christmas services on December 25th
For this year, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) has allowed its congregations to celebrate Christmas on December 25th. According to the Orthodox publication, Religious Truth, both the Abbott and surrounding community have approved the change after numerous requests to move it from the January 7th date. Now that divine…
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Southern Europe
Pope appoints pro-abortion economist to pro-life Academy
Pope Francis appointed fourteen new members to the Pontifical Academy for Life, dedicated to promoting the Church's life ethic. However, one of the appointees is an outspoken abortion advocate. The Italian-American economist Mariana Mazzucato, known for her work promoting the public sector's role in encouraging innovation, was appointed on Saturday…
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European Union
Call to cut EU subsidies for anti-Semitic schoolbooks in Palestina
Palestinian school kids still get books with anti-Semitic content. Subsidies for those books come from the European Union. The Dutch MEP Bert-Jan Ruissen tries to put an end to this. The Palestinian school books issue flames up every now and again for more than ten years now. Although the European…
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Eastern Europe
Ukrainians strongly distrust Moscow-connected Church
More than half of the Ukrainians believe that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC-MP) under Moscow's leadership is contributing to Russian aggression. That was reported by RBC Ukraine, who held a survey among Ukrainians. Around 52 per cent of respondents believe that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is acting in the interest…
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Northern Europe
Swedish Riksdag wipes democratic conditions bill off the table
The Swedish Riksdag trashes its own “democratic conditions bill”. Christian Democratic MP Roland Utbult says that more research would be necessary before it could be implemented. In July, the Swedish Social Democrats presented a bill that would require churches to show proof of democratic conditions to be able to receive…
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Western Europe
Dutch Parliament wants fewer abortions
The Dutch Parliament, under the leadership of Prime Minister Mark Rutte, continues its policies to decrease the number of abortions in the Netherlands. In the coalition agreement, the Members of Parliament explicitly mentioned the decrease in abortion as a goal. However, there will be no extra money from the new…
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Eastern Europe
Baptisms and church attendance on the rise in Ukraine
Baptisms are booming in Ukraine, particularly in hard-hit areas from the war. According to a report from the Ukrainian Church of Christians of the Evangelical Faith, the northeastern city of Kharkiv saw its churches baptise more than 100 people throughout the wartime period. Russian missiles have left the city nearly…
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European Union
European archbishops call Kirill to end the war
Use your influence to get President Putin to stop the war in Ukraine. That is the message of the open letter fourteen European bishops sent to the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill. The European church leaders belong to an association of Anglican and Lutheran churches in Great Britain, Ireland, the Iberian…
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Southern Europe
Spanish abortion clinics fined for false advertisements
Two Spanish abortion clinics have been found guilty of violating the Spanish advertisement laws for health organisations. The Spanish foundation of Christian lawyers, La Fundación de Abogados Cristianos, filed a complaint against two abortion clinics, Clinica Dator and Clinica El Bosque, European Conservative writes. According to Aciprensa, the clinics hid…
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