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Western Europe
Churches suffer from storm Eunice
Last weekend, Dutch churches were literally in heavy weather. Storm Eunice ravaged the country and damaged several buildings. The Elandkerk in The Hague had to undergo emergency repairs during the height of the storm on Friday evening, as one of the towers – both 72 metres tall – was shaking…
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Eastern Europe
Ukrainian Parliament criminalises anti-Semitism
The Ukrainian government voted in favour of a bill that makes anti-Semitism punishable by law. The initiators of the bill expanded Article 191 of the Criminal Code. Previously, the article forbade violating the “equality of citizens based on their race, nationality, religious beliefs, disability, and other grounds. The Union of…
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Northern Europe
How often do Swedish politicians attend a church service?
While some Swedish politicians regularly see the interior of a church, some of them never go. Most politicians, however, seem to go to church now and then. The general answer to the question remains that most politicians from the Riksdag go to church a little more often than the average…
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Central Europe
Pietism and populism cannot go hand in hand, says German pastor
Christian pietism is essentially different from populism. That is the opinion of pastor Steffen Kern, president of the Evangelical Gnadauer community in the German Protestant Church. Christian pietism is essentially different from populism. That is the opinion of pastor Steffen Kern, president of the Evangelical Gnadauer community in the German…
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Southern Europe
Pope: Celibacy is a gift for the Church
Without friends and prayer, celibacy may become an unbearable burden, Pope Francis says during a symposium about the priesthood. Yet, he sees celibacy as a gift that the Latin Church should preserve. According to the Pope, priestly fraternity and friendship help priests live celibate lives with more serenity, Catholic News…
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Eastern Europe
Christian prisoner Belarus ends hunger strike
The Reformed intellectual Vladimir Matskevich has ended his hunger strike in a Belarusian prison. This was reported by the group Christian Vision on Twitter and later reported by Reform News and Svaboda. According to Matskevich's lawyer, Matskevich began to lose consciousness on Wednesday. After his cellmate called for medical assistance,…
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Southern Europe
North Macedonian President walks Down girl to school
Fellow students and their parents bullied an 11-year-old girl from North Macedonia with Down syndrome. Then, the country President took action. President Stevo Pendarovski held hands with Embla Ademi when they went to her school Edinstvo together in Gostivar earlier in February. The girl with Down Syndrome started the second…
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Central Europe
Owner of Babycaust website sentenced for insulting physician
The district court in Weinheim has sentenced abortion opponent Klaus Günter Annen to a fine of 1,200 euros. The Court declared that Annen is guilty of insulting the Giessen abortion practitioner Kristina Hänel. Annen had written on his website Babycaust.de that abortions are “mass murder in the womb.” In addition,…
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European Union
What is EU doing about violence against Christians, MEP asks
What could the European Union do with the high numbers of violence against Christian churches and intolerance against the faith? That is the topic Emmanouil Fragkos, a Greek MEP, raises. He refers to the sharply increasing number of examples of intolerance towards Christians in Europe and constant acts of vandalism…
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Central Europe
Fewer Germans find country child-friendly
Less than half of the Germans (48 per cent) think that Germany is child-friendly. In 2015, that percentage was still 56 per cent. That can be concluded from a representative survey on the occasion of the 50th birthday of the Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk (German Children's Fund). According to the organisation, the…
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