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Northern Europe
Swedish Church starts Baptism campaign
The Church of Sweden wants to convince parents to baptise their children. Therefore, it started a special campaign. The campaign exists of several ads on radio and tv, Dagen writes. The commercials are to get parents interested in baptism, the Church writes in its news bulletin. They emphasise the traditional…
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Western Europe
French Evangelicals ask UN to help against secularist state
The French Evangelicals ask the United Nations to help the French state speak respectfully about beliefs and stop “fuelling anti-religious sentiment, prejudice or stigmatisation of believers.” That is clear from a letter sent by the National Council of French Evangelicals (CNEF) to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).…
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Northern Europe
Christian school Norway threatened with closure because of staff shortage
Innherred Christian School in Mosvik in Trøndelag will likely close in the coming autumn. The school has insufficient staffing to continue its activities. The school, consisting of 12 students, lacks a principal and a teacher, Dagen reports. Its attempt to fill these vacancies was unsuccessful, according to chairman Per Ola…
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Southern Europe
Catholic nuns more assertive than ever
Roman Catholic nuns are no longer the meek and quiet people who blindly obey the Church in everything. In Italy, several sisters suddenly refuse to follow orders. Nuns who refuse to leave their monastery when ordered to do so, sisters who do not accept the closure of their convent and…
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Northern Europe
Christian bookstores in Norway struggle to survive
Several Christian bookstores in Norway are in financial hardship. Two of the eighteen will likely be closed by the summer, and the others are in problems too. Vivo Kristiansand is one of the bookstores that will close its doors coming summer. That is confirmed by owner Arne Reinertsen. He says…
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Central Europe
Hungary warns Czech Republic “to stay away” from its children
Keep your hands off our children, the Hungarian State Secretary of Foreign Affairs said to the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs. The latter said to regret that the Czech Republic does not oppose the Hungarian Child Protection Law. State Secretary Tamas Menczer made the statement amid the controversy around the…
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Northern Europe
Norwegian city under fire for refusing grants to Christian institutions
Nine council members in the city of Klepp in Norway are investigating possible violations of religious discrimination. The municipal council members are currently contacting state administrators over an incident that occurred last year, according to a Vart Land report. Conservative Christians excluded from support in Norwegian town Klepp Five Christian…
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Western Europe
Dutch religiousness did not decline during Covid lockdowns
There are no signals that the Covid pandemic has led to a decline in the religious involvement of the Dutch population. That is shown by new statistics from the Dutch Centraal Bureau Statistiek (Central Office of Statistics) on Friday. In general, people tend to become less religious, but that “decline…
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Northern Europe
Finnish police officer: Sex addiction is growing health problem
Porn and sex addictions occur more and more often in Finland. Therefore, the Diakonia Institute of Western Finland has started a project to combat the problem. Porn addiction has many adverse effects on people's well-being: anxiety, depression, shame, guilt, lack of trust, distorted sexuality, violence against women, and objectification, Kalle…
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Southern Europe
Hundreds of thousands Italian children in the labour force
Child labour is not something that only occurs in Asia and Africa. In Italy, hundreds of thousands of children are also set to work. The organisation “Save the Children” estimates that about 336,000 children in Italy have work experience. Between the ages of 7 and 15, that is almost 1…
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