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Western Europe
Many more deaths through suicide pills in the Netherlands
The Dutch Department of Justice investigates 33 cases where people might have committed suicide with a suicide drug. Fifteen of them would have used the so-called Medicine X. That said the public prosecutor on Wednesday when the case against Alex S. started. He is suspected of selling the drug. According…
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Northern Europe
European Court does not rule on midwives' participation in abortion
The two Christian midwives who tried the right to freedom of conscience in Sweden will not have their case before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg. That is reported in Swedish media including [Dagen](https://www.dagen.se/nyheter/2021/10/27/barnmorskornas-fall-tas-inte-upp-i-europadomstolen/). The case of Grimmark and Steen, who do not want to participate in…
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Northern Europe
Norwegian historian claims that Holocaust was planned much longer before
The preparations for the liquidation of the Norwegian Jews started earlier than previously thought. That's the conclusion of the Norwegian historian Synne Corell in her book “Likvidasjon” (liquidation) that was presented on Tuesday. There were 8 million Norwegian kroner on the liquidation board's account at the end of the war.…
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Central Europe
Young German Catholics think about God with gender star
The Catholic Young Community (Katholische junge Gemeinde, KjG) in Germany discusses whether the term “God” needs a gender star. This is announced by the youth association in a [press release](https://kjg.de/blog/2021/10/23/kjg-herbstbundesrat/) on its autumn federal council. The youth federation (80,000 members) met from 22 to 24 October in the German city…
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Central Europe
All faiths of Poland come together in prayer for peace
The Christian Theological Academy in the Polish capital Warsaw has organised an interreligious prayer for peace. People of all faith will be welcome. Not only Catholics and Protestants will attend, but also Jews and Muslims. Each religious community will speak a prayer in Polish, and then a selected fragment of…
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Western Europe
Investigation after threats against Catholic school in France
Unknowns put up a poster threatening to “burn down this fascist factory” last week in the chapel of the Union Chrétienne (Christian Union) school in Poitiers. The perpetrators of the intimidation accused the school, run by nuns, of being “homophobic” and “transphobic”. An investigation is underway, French media report. “Fascist…
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Central Europe
Euthanasia in Austria possible for the seriously ill from 2022
The Austrian government has agreed on a new legal regulation of assisted suicide in Austria. Anyone who wants to use euthanasia will be able to draw up an advance directive from 2022. However, some strict rules and guidelines must be adhered to, Austrian media write. Only permanently seriously ill or…
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Eastern Europe
Russian teen health guide pressured to withdraw pages about transgenderism
A Russian publisher has removed pages about transgenderism from a health guide for teenage girls. The Belaya Vorona publishing house decided to play it safe after hearing that it could be criminally charged for publishing the pages, [The Moscow Times](https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/10/25/transgender-pages-pulled-from-russian-teen-health-book-a75390) states. The magazine “Welcome to Your Period” is published in…
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Western Europe
Catholic feminists blame abuse in French Church on 'patriarchal structure'
In reaction to the publication of the Sauvé report, several Catholic feminist associations assert that sexual violence and lack of care for victims were possible because of the patriarchal organisation of the Roman Catholic Church. They published their statement in the French newspaper La Croix. The report itself seems to…
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Central Europe
Strict Polish law leads to 65 per cent fewer abortions
A year after Poland introduced a near-total ban on abortions, the number of legally terminated pregnancies dropped by about 65 per cent. Abortion tourism has grown instead. According to the law that was introduced in October 2020 and came into force in January 2021, women may only have an abortion…
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