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Southern Europe
Spanish protest against abortion
Thousands of people joined a march against abortion in Madrid on Sunday. The reason for the pro-life march is the plan of the Spanish government to guarantee access to abortion in public hospitals by law. This was reported by the media. The Yes to Life platform organised the protest. The…
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Eastern Europe
Unclarity about commemoration of Patriarch Kirill in Orthodox churches abroad
It is unclear whether the Orthodox Churches are allowed not to mention Patriarch Kirill of Moscow in their prayers. Last week, it was reported that the bishops had decided that churches had this freedom. But now, Moscow denies this. The news platform Orthodoxy in Dialogue reported that the so-called Russian…
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Central Europe
Swiss National Council proposes legalisation egg cell donation
The National Council of Switzerland wants to permit egg cell donation for married couples where if the woman is infertile. A motion about this issue was brought in by the commission for science, education and culture, Idea reports. The commission argued that “the current ban leads to unequal treatment.” At…
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Western Europe
Most Dutch citizens do not believe in God anymore
The Netherlands is one of the most secular countries in the world. The majority of the population calls themselves atheist or agnostic. About 70 per cent of the population no longer believes in God. That is pointed out by the research of the Dutch Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau (SCP), according…
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Eastern Europe
Ukrainian church leaders on Russian death list
Several church leaders in Ukraine received a severe warning: they are on Russia's death list. The Ukrainian security service notified the Church Council of Ukraine that several church leaders, along with political leaders and others, are on the death list of the Russian invaders. Anatoliy Raychyets from the Ukrainian Bible…
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Northern Europe
Swedish church will not force priest to perform gay marriages
Swedish priests remain free to refuse to perform gay marriages. The bishops from the Church of Sweden have decided that. The bishops write that forcing priests to perform same-sex weddings, even if they personally are opposed to gay marriages, causes several problems. According to the clergymen, such a requirement would…
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Eastern Europe
Growing group of babies waits in Ukraine for parents, who cannot come
If the situation does not change quickly, there will soon be a group of 100 surrogacy babies in Kyiv waiting for their parents. At this moment, there is a group of 41 children in a care unit just outside the capital. The lawyer of the largest surrogacy organisation in Ukraine,…
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European Union
Middle-class European considers family most important
The average middle-class European sees family still as the most essential value. A representative survey by the German Konrad Adenauer Stiftung shows that traditional values still bloom among this group of people. The survey is named “Views and prospects of the EU from the bourgeois middle of Europe”. It took…
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Eastern Europe
Talk and training for Ukrainian army chaplains
In the Ukrainian city of Rivne, a group of 60 chaplain pastors came together for training and exchange of experience. In the past weeks, they were in the field with the army. The meeting was in Rivne's Renaissance Church, as was reported by Baptyst.com. Rivne is a city in the…
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Central Europe
German Liberals present proposal to relax euthanasia
Members of the Liberal Free Democratic Party in Germany and leftist politicians have presented a draft for new legislation on euthanasia. In their opinion, doctors should be able to prescribe suicide drugs for adults after a mandatory consultation. Every adult should have the right to help with suicide, the politicians…
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