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Opinion
Christian press in Europe commemorates Bishop Tutu
South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died on Sunday at the age of 90, was a source of inspiration for many people, Christian media in Europe write. However, he was not entirely uncontroversial. ## Norway: Vårt Land The Norwegian newspaper Vårt Land calls Tutu a “friend of Norway”, who came…
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Southern Europe
Pope sees tragedy in lack of births
According to Pope Francis, the low birth rates in Italy and the rest of the Western world are a “tragedy” and a “serious problem”. The head of the Catholic Church said so at the midday prayer on Sunday, in St. Peter's Square. There, Catholics celebrated the feast of the Holy…
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Southern Europe
Patriarch Bartholomew tests positive for coronavirus
Bartholomew I, the head of the Eastern Orthodox Church, has tested positive for the coronavirus. He is doing “well”, despite several recent health problems. The infection was noticed during a routine medical examination in Istanbul. According to the office of the archbishop of Constantinople, the Ecumenical Patriarch is showing mild…
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Eastern Europe
How Stalin robbed the Russians of Christmas, and how he gave it back
Less than a century ago, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin outlawed Christmas. Russians could be sent to Gulag in Siberia for erecting an illegal Christmas tree. The celebration has never been the same in Russia since. Winter turns the Red Square in the Moscow city centre into one of the biggest…
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Central Europe
Holland and Germany consider mandatory Covid vaccination
The Dutch Ministers of Economic Affairs and Climate, Social Affairs, and Employment see vaccination as the structural way out of the worldwide health crisis. Therefore, they advise the cabinet to research the pros and cons of mandatory vaccinations, the [Reformatorisch Dagblad](https://www.rd.nl/artikel/955924-ministeries-willen-onderzoek-naar-vaccinatieplicht) reports. The Departments point out that the psychological health…
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Northern Europe
Norwegian students fight against porn
Porn destroys lives, 18-year-old Isak Gjøtterud knows. That is why he founded the newly started organisation “Porn vs Love” to fight pornography.“Not only do people not know that pornography is harmful, most people even think it is healthy”, says Gjøtterud to Norwegian daily Dagen. Gjøtterud is one of four students…
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Central Europe
New pro-life initiatives in Switzerland
In Switzerland, two new pro-life citizens’ initiatives were presented by members of the parliamentary group “Christ and Politics.” Idea Schweiz is reporting this. To be successful, the initiatives need to have at least 100,000 signatures in June 2023. The first initiative is called “For the protection of viable babies outside…
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Central Europe
Germans lose feeling with Christianity
This year, it could be the last Christmas that most Germans are linked to one of the two largest national churches. The two largest German churches are losing more and more members, and the agreement with Christian beliefs is also dwindling PRO reports. Only 37 percent of the population still…
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Northern Europe
Bible can't be a present on Norwegian school any longer
The Norwegian minister of Education, Tonje Brenna, speaks out against the distribution of Bibles among school children. She believes it contradicts the Education Act, which forbids preaching at schools, Dagen reports. Even though organisations have been handing out Bibles to children at schools for many years, this autumn, the Norwegian…
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Eastern Europe
Bulgarian pastors to European court over smear campaign
Two ministers from the Bulgarian town of Burgas have gone to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) over a scaremongering campaign by the local authorities to label all non-Eastern Orthodox Christians as dangerous sects. The court in Strasbourg, France, has decided to hear the case. In 2008 the City…
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