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Central Europe
German Synodal Way goes for last chance to reform Catholic church
The more than 200 delegates to the Synodal Way gather in Frankfurt am Main from Thursday to Saturday. It is their fifth and final meeting to find a way forward in reforming the Catholic church. Traditionally, the Roman Catholic Church is not governed by synods. That is more the Protestant…
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Eastern Europe
Patriarch Bartholomew re-installs Lithuanian priests dismissed by Kirill
Five orthodox priests in Lithuania were re-installed last month by the Constantinople Patriarchate after they were dismissed from their office by the Moscow Patriarchate. The priests had criticised the pro-war stance of the Russian Patriarch Kirill. Vitalijs Mockus, Amber Sungaila and Vitalis Dauparas, the head of the Lithuanian Orthodox Archdiocese,…
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Western Europe
French university cracks down on praying students
A university president in France has called for a ban on prayer in a recent letter. On 23 February, President Christophe Fouqueré of Sorbonne Paris Nord University sent an email to staff and students. According to Valeurs Actuelles, the message was reminder to adhere to the “precepts of secularism,” which…
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Central Europe
Mobile synagogue in Germany on the move
The Jewish community in Chabad Berlin has put a mobile synagogue on the street. The synagogue on wheels must serve both educational and religious purposes. On Sunday, Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal inaugurated the so-called “Mizvah Mobile” in Berlin-Wilmersfdorf, Religion.orf writes. Germans can visit the synagogue, located in a big delivery van,…
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Central Europe
Hungarian President says “mothers lead armies” at UN meeting
“We cannot effectively support women until we consider that most of them are mothers or will be mothers at some point.” That was the main point Hungarian President Katalin Novák made in her speech to the UN Commission on the Status of Women. During the UN meeting on Monday, President…
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Southern Europe
Portuguese Catholic Church asks forgiveness for sexual abuse scandal
The Roman Catholic Church in Portugal has asked for forgiveness from the victims of sexual abuse that occurred within the Church. The Portuguese Episcopal Conference (CEP) did so during a press conference last Friday, Vatican News reports. At the end of the meeting on the topic in the city of…
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Northern Europe
UN criticises Sweden for lack of care for prisoner's children
Sweden does not provide adequate care for children of detainees, says the United Nations. About 79 per cent of the municipalities fail to meet the rights of these children established in the Convention of the Rights of the Child. The United Nations met in Geneva in January. There they talked…
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Central Europe
Hungary's embassy in Israel plans controversial move to Jerusalem
Hungary has plans to move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, but the details remain uncertain. As reported by Politico, Israel's foreign minister, Eli Cohen and the foreign minister of Hungary, Peter Szijjarto, had recently come to a deal on the change of location. However, Hungary's foreign…
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Northern Europe
Norway gets two new Christian schools in a difficult time
Two Christian schools are expected to start in the Oslo area in autumn. “We want to give children a good foundation.” In a time when the Norwegian government is cracking down on independent schools and where Bible schools have had their funding cut, the Pentecostal Jesus Church will start two…
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Western Europe
French Catholics want to change view on homosexuality
Some French bishops want to reformulate the view of the Roman Catholic Church on homosexuality. To that end, they are working on some proposals. The clergy want more attention to pastoral care for homosexuals in the Church, La Croix writes. Last week Tuesday, members of the Reconnaissance Association, an organisation…
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