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Eastern Europe
Christians called to pray on Ukrainian Independence Day
On August 24th, six months after the Russian invasion, Ukraine will celebrate its Independence Day. The European and World Evangelical Alliances call on believers to “pray for an end to the war in Ukraine”. “On this day of independence, we want to declare our dependence on God, the One who…
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Central Europe
Harsh condemnation of German Church Award for LGBT documentary
Every year, the German Bishops' Conference awards the Catholic Media Prize. This year, it was granted to the LGBT Documentary “Wie Gott uns schuf – Coming-out in der Katholischen Kirche”. There are many critiques of the decision. “The Conference spends 5,000 euros on the Catholic Church's self-dismantling.”The documentary was published…
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Eastern Europe
Baptists in Ukraine lost 400 local churches
Since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, Baptists in that country have lost some 400 of their approximately 2,300 local churches. This was said by Yaroslav Pyzh, president of Ukraine's Baptist Theological Seminary (UBTS) in Lviv, on Baptist Press.com. In the interview, Pyzh says that his seminary is working with…
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Northern Europe
Only 24 Norwegian religious organisations received foreign money
Out of the almost 700 religious communities in Norway, only 24 indicated that they received more than 50,000 NOK (about 5000 euros) from abroad last year. A compilation of the State shows that. Therefore, the Cooperative Council for Faith and Beliefs is not worried about the interference of authoritarian states.Clearly,…
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Eastern Europe
Attacked philosopher Dugin saw Putin as threat to Christian Russia
President Putin is a threat to the Christian roots of Russia. “He desecrates the Russian identity.” That was what the Russian philosopher Aleksandr Dugin said in 2018. His daughter was killed in an attack on Sunday. The widespread assumption is that Mr Dugin himself was the actual target. Dugin spoke…
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Eastern Europe
Two years after power grab, Belarus 'closes' church on car park
The Minsk government has threatened a Belarusian church for holding church services in a parking lot without a permit. The city executive committee wrote to the New Life Church that it will take “measures to eliminate the identified violations.” That is reported by Invictory. Neighbours of the parking lot had…
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Eastern Europe
Majority of Russians: State responsible for morality society
Of every four Russians, almost three believe that the State is necessary to maintain a good moral climate in society. That is shown by the research of VTsIOM. The study shows that older people are likelier to think that maintaining a moral society is impossible without the State's intervention. Of…
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Northern Europe
No easy ride for Danish bill legislating gender change from birth
Despite criticism, the Danish government plans to remove all age limits for people who want to change their gender on paper. If accepted, this would make Denmark's legislation Europe's most far-reaching. Conservatives call the proposal “completely insane”. In a new LGBT plan published on Monday, the Danish government proposes to…
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Western Europe
Dutch experts critical of Dutch expansion prenatal screening
The expansion of prenatal screenings has been negligent. Therefore, the Dutch Health Council should examine it again, two ethicists and a judicial expert argue. Since 2017, all pregnant women have been offered a so-called non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT), Dutch daily Reformatorisch Dagblad reports. The test aims at checking whether the…
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Central Europe
Mandatory measles vaccination is legal, German judge says
Daycares, schools and medical facilities must require the attending children to be vaccinated against measles. The judges of the Federal Constitutional Court in the German town of Karlsruhe decided that this requirement is justifiable and thus remains in force. The judges acknowledged that mandatory vaccination limits fundamental rights and freedoms.…
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