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Central Europe
First trial under new abortion law Poland
A Polish woman who helped another woman with ending her pregnancy will be the first person to stand on trial under the new abortion law in Poland. The court will look at her case on April 8. The accused, Justyna Wydrzynska, faces charges because she provided another Polish woman, named…
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Central Europe
German cantor dismissed for choosing surrogacy
The Evangelical Luther Church in Braunschweig (Germany) releases its cathedral cantor, Gerd-Peter Münden (56). He has to step up because he and his husband want to conceive children via surrogacy. Münden lives in a same-sex marriage with a Columbian. However, that is not the reason for his dismissal. Instead, the…
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Eastern Europe
Russian military kills unarmed Ukrainian priest
A Ukrainian priest was shot dead by Russian forces at the beginning of the invasion. According to eyewitnesses, the man did not form a threat but was shot in cold blood. Rostylslav Dudarenko, a priest from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the village of Yasnohorodka 40 km west of Kyiv,…
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Central Europe
“If abortion becomes a mandatory part of medical training, the number of doctors will decrease”
Do not make abortion a mandatory part of medical studies, a German pro-life organisation argues. Anette Kern-Besold, the head of a pregnancy counselling centre at the Diaconal Service in Schweinfurt, argued earlier this year that all medical students should be taught how to perform an abortion. According to Kern, abortions…
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Eastern Europe
Hundred Orthodox Church break with Moscow Patriarchate
More than 50 Eastern Orthodox Churches have already switched from the Moscow Patriarchate to the Kyiv Patriarchate. About 100 are still in the process of transitioning. Metropolitan Epiphanius, the head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, announced that on the national telethon, Ukrinform reports. The metropolitan notes that people ”…
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Southern Europe
Spanish bishops demand freedom of conscience for care workers
The Spanish Bishops' Conference has published a doctrinal letter on the freedom of conscience regarding participating in euthanasia and abortion. According to the bishops, every Christian should “avoid any direct material or formal cooperation with acts violating the right to life.” The Spanish Bishops' Conference responds to the “process of…
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European Union
Number of new Bible translations skyrockets during 2021
About 90 Bible translations were completed in 2021. Therefore, an additional 794 million people can now read the Bible in their language. That is equivalent to about 10 per cent of the population of the earth. The United Bible Society recently announced these statistics, which are also shared by the…
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Northern Europe
Permission for cross on Norwegian church
The Skauen Church in the Norwegian town of Skien has received permission to continue illuminating the controversial cross on top of its tower. Earlier this week, the municipality to which the Evangelical Lutheran church belongs decided to grant the congregation dispensation from the general “provisions on signs and advertising facilities.”…
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Northern Europe
Liveblog (closed): Charges are dropped in case against Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen
The three judges in the Finnish court have decided that the charges against Päivi Räsänen have no ground. She was accused of discrimination and insulting homosexuals. Follow this liveblog for reports from our Finnish reporter Danielle Miettinen in Helsinki and reactions from the wider world. (We use Central European Summer…
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Eastern Europe
How ethical is it to evangelise refugees along the Ukrainian border?
Because of the arrival of Ukrainian refugees, many Christian organisations set up initiatives to help. They also share the Biblical message with the arriving people. This leads to new questions. Christians should not evangelise to fleeing Ukrainians without asking, Solveig G. Sandelson, a debate editor from Stavanger Aftenblad, argues. She…
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