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Northern Europe
Räsänen tries to set a legal precedent at the appeal's court
The Finnish politician Päivi Räsänen has the aim to gain a “legal precedent” in the case against her. The Helsinki Court of Appeal has granted the prosecutors to proceed in the case of whether the Christian understanding of sexuality is insulting to homosexuals or not. Räsänen wrote in a press…
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Eastern Europe
Tens of thousands of Bibles sent to Ukraine
Soon, 200,000 Bibles will make their way to Ukraine. They are sent by Bibles for the World (BFTW) and used for evangelism in Ukraine. That is reported by InVictory. Usually, BFTW is active in South Asia, India and Africa. Still, because of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, the organisation has started to…
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Central Europe
Action in Bern to give persecuted Christians a voice
To give persecuted Christians worldwide a voice, Christian organisations in Switzerland are organising an action in Bern. On July 9, people are invited to the Bundesplatz in Bern. That is reported by Portes Ouvertes and Open Doors among others. “We will not be silent” is the slogan of the event…
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Central Europe
German CDU does not emphasise its 'C'
The German Christian Democratic Union is not going to emphasize its Christian roots more emphatically than it has done up till now. The party should, however, become more “bourgeois” but also “cosmopolitan”. That is one of the key objectives in the new “Charter of Fundamental Values”, which the party presented…
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Western Europe
Dutch coalition clashes over embryo legislation
The Dutch ruling ChristianUnion (CU) party warns its liberal coalition partners not to permit artificially growing embryos. ChristianUnion leader Gert-Jan Segers warns for “political borders”. “This is cultivating human life for scientific research only to destroy it again after that research is done. As far as the CU is concerned,…
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Southern Europe
Italian Catholic Church launches abuse investigation
The Roman Catholic Church in Italy has launched an investigation into sexual abuse in the church in recent years. Critics denounce the decision, because this research does not go back beyond the year 2000. This was announced by the Italian bishops' conference on Friday, by the newly elected president of…
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Southern Europe
Spanish employees suffer discrimination because of religion
Almost 50 per cent of people belonging to a religious minority suffer discrimination because of their faith. That is shown by a study by the Spanish Observatory of Religious Pluralism. About 80.5 per cent of the participants said that they had witnessed some discrimination, Protestante Digital reports. According to the…
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Eastern Europe
Lithuanian Metropolitan requests independence from Moscow
Inokentijus, the Metropolitan of Vilnius and Lithuania, has requested permission for the Lithuanian Orthodox Church (LPC) to secede from the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church. He addressed Patriarch Kirill to ask for the status of an independent Church. That is reported by Delfi. Currently, the Lithuanian Orthodox Church…
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Eastern Europe
National Prayer Day Ukraine in local churches because of war
The National Day of Prayer for Ukraine will take place on June 11 and 12. This year, it is not held centrally in Ukraine but only in local churches. The reason is the war violence in the country. Last month, church leaders of twenty denominations gathered already for a prayer…
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Central Europe
Jesuit estimates that half of the Catholic priests is homosexual
According to the Jesuit Father, Klaus Mertes, about 50 per cent of the Catholic priests is homosexual. He says that many of them do not dare to talk about it because they fear blackmailing. About 25 years ago, a theologian, Hanspeter Heinz, estimated that about 20 per cent of the…
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