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Northern Europe
Swedish viewers upset after God was deleted from Christmas carol
A controversy has arisen in Sweden over the performance of a well-known Christmas song. When the music was broadcast on television earlier this month, it appeared that all references to God had been left out. The song in question is “Julvisa” by the Finnish writer Zacharias Topelius (1818-1898). The music…
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Central Europe
Anti-abortionists should demonstrate where they want, German court rules
A German court ruled that the city of Frankfurt unlawfully restricted anti-abortionists' freedoms. When in 2020, anti-abortion demonstrators wanted to hold a vigil in front of a Pro Familia centre, an organization that advises women considering an abortion, the city of Frankfurt ordered them to demonstrate outside the range of…
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Northern Europe
Jewish Council in Sweden very critical of church
Many Swedish Christians sent flowers to the Jewish Council to show that they disagreed with the Church of Sweden’s expression that the state of Israel had an apartheid policy. That says the president of the Jewish Central Council, Aron Verständig, in an interview with the Christian newspaper Dagen. The relationship…
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Western Europe
French Evangelical Protestants between concern and trust
According to a survey, Protestants in France are worried about fundamental freedoms in their country. They think that liberty of conscience and religion are under pressure. Christian media like La Croix and Réforme write about the research. The study on the life of French evangelical Protestant families was commissioned by…
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Western Europe
French teacher indicted after heated debate on religion
An economics teacher at a Catholic school in Angers has been charged with “incitement to racial or religious discrimination”, “moral harassment”, and “false accusation”. A Muslim student accused him of hateful remarks by inviting him to “join the Catholics”. The website famille chrétienne and the French daily Le Figaro write…
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Central Europe
Friedrich Merz becomes leader of German Christian Democrats
Former CDU-party leader Friedrich Merz (66) has become party leader of the German Christian Democrats. The CDU elected him after the party's election defeat in September. Merz got the necessary absolute majority of the members behind him and will be the successor of Armin Laschet, writes German daily Der Tagesspiegel.…
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Central Europe
Austria allows assisted suicide
Permanently seriously or terminally ill adults can receive assistance to commit suicide in the future. The National Council in Austria approved a new law for this on Thursday evening. The option of assisted suicide is only available to people who are permanently seriously ill, as well as terminally ill. Active…
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Northern Europe
Norwegian Christian university may keep state support, despite not meeting requirements
The Norwegian Christian NLA University does not meet certain requirements for accreditation as a college. However, it will not lose its state support of 280 million NOK, around 28 million euros. Questions around Christian identity and academic freedom were dismissed. That is the conclusion of a board meeting from Nokut,…
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Central Europe
Graffiti on German church door because of dispute about bell ringing
The church bell dispute in the German city of Wiesbaden seems to escalate. The pastor in the city area Weidenborn saw graffiti on the church’s door: a crossed bell with “rest”. Pastor Stephan Da Re from the Protestant Johannes Church says on Twitter, strangers smeared the door to the church…
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Western Europe
French parliament bans conversion therapy
A committee from both houses of the French parliament has agreed to ban so-called conversion therapy. MP Laurence Vanceunebrock put it very short on Twitter: “There is nothing to cure”, she said. According to her, victims of the therapy were heard in the committee, wrote Cnews. Conversion therapy is a…
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