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Central Europe
Pope orders a visit to the Archdiocese of Cologne
Pope Francis has ordered an apostolic visit to the Archdiocese of Cologne to clarify the handling of sexual abuse. Cologne’s Cardinal Woelki welcomes the decision and promises to support the work, writes German newspaper [Die Tagespost](https://www.die-tagespost.de/kirche-aktuell/aktuell/eilmeldung-papst-ordnet-visitation-im-erzbistum-koeln-an;art4874,218545). The Apostolic Nunciature in Germany and the Archdiocese of Cologne announced the visitation on…
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Southern Europe
Malta's president “ready to resign” about abortion
President George Vella of Malta has reaffirmed his stance against abortion. He repeated that he would rather resign than sign a bill concerning abortion. “I will never sign a bill that involves the authorisation of murder.” Vella said this in comments to Net News, a Maltese TV channel, stating that…
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Central Europe
Anti-abortion film Unplanned number 4 on bestseller list
Although media don’t give much attention to the film Unplanned, the anti-abortion DVD has ended at position 4 on the bestseller’s list for June from the German magazine [Der Spiegel](https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/bestseller-dvd-charts-die-top-20-a-1025526.html). According to the Evangelical German press agency Idea, the publisher Verlag Gerth Medien was surprised by this news. Not less…
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Southern Europe
Spain's largest party wants exclusion zones around abortion centres
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) proposes establishing exclusion zones around abortion clinics for pro-life citizens, news site [Actuall](https://www.actuall.com/vida/el-psoe-quiere-cercenar-derechos-fundamentales-para-favorecer-el-negocio-del-aborto/) reports. According to the PSOE, it is necessary to “penalize harassment in women who go to clinics for the termination of pregnancy” by incorporating a new section in the law. In…
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Central Europe
Berlin starts building of multi-faith worship centre
This week marks the beginning of a unique building project in Germany’s capital Berlin. Muslims, Jews and Christians laid the cornerstone of an interfaith worship service, housing a mosque, a synagogue and a church. “The idea is pretty simple”, said Christian theologian Roland Stolte to the British daily The Guardian…
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Northern Europe
Danish Conservatives upset over Muslim pamphlet
The Danish Conservative Party wants an explanation from the Minister of Health, Magnus Heunicke, on why the Danish Health and Medicines Authority refers to the Qur'an as a reason for Muslims to get vaccinated. According to Marcus Knuth, the Conservatives' foreigners and integration spokesman, it is “ridiculous that health authorities…
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Central Europe
German Evangelical Church condemns Belarus
The Evangelical Church of Germany (EKD) has called for the immediate release of journalist Roman Protasevich, who was arrested by Belarussian police. This writes the German press agency [IDEA](https://www.idea-pressedienst.de/artikel.html?tx_news_pi1%5Bid%5D=81410&tx_news_pi1%5BbackPid%5D=6). “I urge the Belarusian authorities to release Roman Protasevich immediately, as well as all other political prisoners. All the people in…
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Central Europe
Poland tries to prevent abortion tourism to Czech Republic
The Polish government in Warsaw has tried to prevent abortion tourism to the neighbouring Czech Republic. The embassy in Prague requested the Czech government not to introduce legislation that makes it easier for Polish women to obtain an abortion there. In a letter to the Czech health ministry, the chief…
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Northern Europe
40 pct of Swedish doctors positive about euthanasia
Four out of ten Swedish doctors are positive about legalising euthanasia. Every third may even give the lethal dose himself. The Swedish Christian daily [Dagen](https://www.dagen.se/nyheter/2021/05/25/fyra-av-tio-lakare-vill-infora-dodshjalp/) reports this. That's the result of a poll among members of the Swedish Medical Association (SMA; Sveriges Läkarförbund). The debate about euthanasia and assisted suicide…
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Northern Europe
Norwegian bishops warn against abortion as campaign issue
The bishops of the Lutheran Church of Norway warn politicians to stay away from using abortion as a topic in the election campaign. They said that in a [declaration](https://kirken.no/nb-NO/om-kirken/slik-styres-kirken/bispemotet/nytt-fra-bispemotet/etisk%20refleksjon%20i%20debatten%20om%20senaborter/) released by the presiding bishop Olav Fykse Tveit. In the past few weeks, the Norwegian parties have debated the abortion issue…
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