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Northern Europe
Norwegian Prime Minister falls in 'anti-Semitic trap', says Jewish chairman
The Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre is criticised for his speech in Desmond Tutu's memorial service last Sunday. The Social Democrat would have fallen “into an anti-Semitic trap”, in making the wrong distinction between the Old and New Testament. On Sunday afternoon, the South African archbishop and peace activist…
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Central Europe
Ethics education has reduced religiosity in Germany
The abolition of religious education as a compulsory subject in the ‘70s has led to a decline in religiosity among adolescents in Germany. This is the result of a study by the Institute for Economic Research (Ifo). In addition to general religiosity, the probability of praying or being a church…
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Central Europe
Fashion label “H&M” advertises with young model with Down's syndrome
The Swedish fashion chain “H&M” deliberately uses children with Down's syndrome in its advertisements. In Germany, a current ad for a knitted jumper on Facebook and the [website](https://www2.hm.com/de_de/productpage.0976749018.html) shows a little boy with trisomy 21. “We want the reality and the world around us to be reflected in our marketing…
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Western Europe
Zemmour: French schools brainwash children with LGBT ideology
Children in France are being brainwashed at school by LGBT organisations. That is what the presidential candidate Eric Zemmour thinks. According to him, it is necessary to return to a more conservative education model. “You are still the most hated men and women in France.” Zemmour started his argument by…
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Central Europe
German free churches are against compulsory vaccination
The mandatory vaccination in Germany is not coming as quickly as the new coalition wishes, but the intention is there. Generally speaking, churches favour it. But evangelicals and pietists are against it. The general religious communities in Germany, such as the prominent people's churches, favour mandatory vaccination, as the magazine…
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Eastern Europe
Orthodox church schism is mutated virus, says Albanian bishop
The split in the Orthodox church family is like a virus with many mutations, says Archbishop Anastasios from Albania. Denying the “crisis” is similar to saying there is no Covid-19. The leader is calling for “urgent treatment and vaccine”. The Ukrainian conflict is causing a schism in the church at…
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Northern Europe
Churchgoers are a minority in Helsinki
For the first time in history, people who go to church are a minority in Helsinki. The congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church now include less than half of the residents of the Finnish capital. The number of churchgoers in Helsinki has declined sharply since the start of the 21st…
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European Union
President European Parliament Sassoli dies at 65
European Parliament President David Sassoli died in the night from Monday to Tuesday, his spokesman Roberto Cuillo reported on Twitter. Sassoli died at 1.15 am in hospital in the Italian city of Aviano, where he was admitted on December 26. The date and place of his funeral will be communicated…
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Central Europe
German government wants “community of responsibility” in addition to marriage
The German government wants to give new legal possibilities to unmarried couples, homosexual married couples with children and communities not based on a love relationship. Therefore, it is planning to introduce the so-called “community of responsibility” in addition to marriage. Federal Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann has announced that the…
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Western Europe
French stillborn is now recognised
French parents are now able to give their stillborn child a surname. That says a new law in France. “A child born without life belongs to the family.” It was impossible to give a stillborn child a surname in France since law indicated that an individual could only obtain legal…
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