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Eastern Europe
Ukrainian president open for mediation by Pope Francis
Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, would welcome the pope as a mediator in the Russo-Ukrainian War. Zelensky said so after a phone call with the pope on Tuesday. It is the second time that the Ukrainian president spoke to the pope within a month, Catholic News Agency reports. Zelensky writes…
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Western Europe
Book about betrayal Anne Frank removed from bookstore
The book about the betrayal of Anne Frank will no longer be sold in Dutch bookstores. The publisher, Ambo Anthos, recalls the book after historians severely criticised the research after the betrayal of the Jewish Anne Frank in a report presented on Tuesday. The group of historians called the research…
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Eastern Europe
Christian radio continues to broadcast in Ukraine, despite evacuations
New Life Radio was the first and only Christian FM radio station in Russia. After increasingly restrictive media laws, the station moved to Ukraine. Now, amidst the war, it continues to spread its message. The violence and uncertainty of war have forced the station to relocate twice in recent weeks.…
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Eastern Europe
Ukrainian churches switch from Moscow Patriarchate to Kyiv
Two Ukrainian Orthodox congregations in the Lviv region have decided to leave the Moscow Patriarchate and join the leadership in Kyiv instead. The Chervonohrad parish decided to do so last week. It announced its move via a statement on Facebook. However, it did not explain why it moved to the…
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Central Europe
Bavarian church tries to make organ popular again
The Protestant Church in Bavaria is seeking more organ players. Therefore, the church acquired an organ kit. With it, children can build a pipe organ themselves. Last Saturday, the assembly kit was presented at the University of Protestant Church Music in Bayreuth. The kit consists of around 130 individual parts,…
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Northern Europe
Norwegian parish priest quits job to help refugees
A Lutheran parish priest from Norway has quit his job to help refugees. However, the Norwegian government is not fully supportive of his work. Rune Lia was a parish priest until last Sunday, when he submitted his resignation. Lia has been travelling back and forth from Norway to Poland for…
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Western Europe
French violence against churches increasingly serious
Anti-religious acts in France have become increasingly violent. That is concluded by two French deputies who will hand over a report to Prime Minister Jean Castex on Wednesday with statistics. In the report, they also suggest 11 recommendations to remedy the violence. Anti-religious acts in France have become increasingly violent.…
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Northern Europe
Christian Democrats in Finland speak out for NATO membership
Päivi Räsänen, leader of the Christian Democratic group (KD) in the Finnish parliament, has expressed support of NATO membership “as soon as possible”. Russia’s neighbour country has always been neutral between East and West. Räsänen sees a “new national unity” after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. National security has become a…
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Eastern Europe
Orthodox church buildings suffer under heavy Russian attacks
Russian attacks on Ukraine have already destroyed or damaged 44 religious buildings in 7 regions. Heavy shellings, bombings and rockets have hit Orthodox churches in particular, Olena Bohdan, head of the State Service for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience, said to Ukringform during an online press conference. Many of these…
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Northern Europe
Norwegian Christian politician steps down after Ukraine statements
After coming under scrutiny for seemingly supporting Putin and his war in Ukraine, the Christian democrat Daniel Myhren Hovind is resigning from his post as second deputy leader of Trøndelag KrF. It all started with a Facebook post from Hovind on March 8th. In that post, Hovind shared his analysis…
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