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Southern Europe
Italian Senate rejects proposal for universal parenthood certificate
The European Policies Commission of the Senate in Italy has voted down a proposal for a European parenthood certificate that would ensure parenthood is recognised throughout the whole Union. The Italian FDI (Brothers of Italy) party presented a proposal to reject the certificate. The first was passed with 11 votes…
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Northern Europe
Christian Democrats support controversial move to expand abortion rights in Sweden
Sweden’s government is looking to enshrine abortion into its consitution. Surprisingly, the Christian Democrats in the country are in favour of this move. According to an editorial report from theologian Stefan Gustavsson in Varlden idag, four of the nation's parties have agreed to make abortion a consitututional right in Sweden.…
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Christian Life
Christian education should not be conservative
Christians of all times thought that things were getting worse. Many believers repeat that today, but they have to be on their guard. That was said by the theologian Prof Henk van den Belt at the ECCEN education conference in the Dutch Apeldoorn on Thursday morning. If these Christians had…
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Western Europe
Christian parties lose in Dutch provincial elections
In a green wave, the agrarian protest party BBB sweeps across the Netherlands, winning the provincial elections by a wide margin. The two biggest Christian parties in the Netherlands lost significantly, while the Reformed SGP party seems to limit the damage. Disastrous. That is the only term to characterise the…
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Central Europe
Polish Education Minister encourages church attendance to combat child suicides
The LGBT ideology brainwashes children and is the cause of the rise in child suicides last year. That is what the Polish Education Minister assumes. He pleads for more emphasis on traditional values, including church attendance. Poland's suicide attempts by minors have been sky-high during the last two years. In…
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Eastern Europe
Ukraine recognises chaplain as official profession
The Ukrainian National Qualifications Agency has registered the job of chaplain as an official profession. The Agency did so to be able to develop professional standards for chaplains and their assistants working in health care. With this registration, chaplaincy is officially recognised as an essential element of spiritual and psychological…
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Central Europe
Polish woman sentenced for abortion assistance
A Polish activist was sentenced for providing abortion pills to a pregnant woman. Justyna Wydrzynska has to fulfil eight months of community service. The pro-choice group to which Wydrzynska belongs reported that on Twitter. Wydrzynska provided pills to a Polish woman, Ania, in 2020, CNE.news reported earlier. At first, Ania…
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Northern Europe
Debate in Norway about proposal of abortion in Constitution
The proposal from the liberal Venstre Party in Norway to make abortion part of the Constitution has met heavy criticism. The criticism mainly comes from the Christian world, as the pro-life movement and the Christian Democratic KrF. Secular parties, though, have not expressed support for the proposal yet. Maria Elisabeth…
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Eastern Europe
Petition for progressive sex education in Ukraine
Members of the LGBT community in Ukraine have gathered signatures for a petition to introduce mandatory sex education in Ukrainian schools. It gathered thousands of votes. The petition demands an introduction “of a mandatory sex education course based on the culture of consent in primary education, secondary school, as well…
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Western Europe
Dutch blood bank wants equal rules for donation of gay people
All blood donors should get the same list with questions to determine whether they are allowed to donate blood or plasma. The Dutch blood bank Sanquin wants to erase the differences in regulations for hetero and gay people. Only your behaviour counts, the blood bank writes in a press release…
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