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Opinion
Book from Christian prize-winning author is now banned as 'racist'
Few writers were as successful as Sweden's Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940). In 1909, she even received the Nobel Prize for Literature. In large parts of Europe, she was a well-known author. Many of her books were translated in quite a few languages. > Stay up to date with Christian news in…
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European Union
Christian educators form European foundation to lobby in EU
Christian school organisations from more than ten countries in Europe want to start a common foundation. The new European Alliance for Christian Education (EACE) has the task to lobby for Christian education mainly in the European Union. This plan was finalised during a two-day meeting in Brussels on Tuesday and…
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Western Europe
How the school's prayers are answered in Strasbourg
Common values at home, at church, and for the school. That is what the parents sought who started a Christian school in the European capital, Strasbourg. And now, even the inspection motivates the school to express the Christian faith in the lessons. The teacher in the highest class takes his…
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Opinion
Ten years later, Charlie Hebdo's comics are still sacrilegious toward the sacred
Insulting cartoons again. Always insulting. Ten years after the dreadful attacks on Charlie Hebdo, the magazine again keeps doing the same thing. It gives the impression that they have not learned that there are other ways to honour the Western civilisation. I know it sounds silly, but I still know…
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Opinion
Killed soldier can never 'survive' in new child
Your son is dead! Many Israeli parents have had military officers at the door who gave that message. But now they add the question: Do you want us to freeze his sperm? > Stay up to date with Christian news in Europe? Sign up for CNE's newsletter. Many of the…
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European Union
Calling for a boycott against Israel is forbidden now – and other measures against anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism is growing too fast. Several governments in Europe are taking action against anti-Jewish behaviour. They come amid severe incidents against Israeli football supporters in Amsterdam. > Stay up to date with Christian news in Europe? Sign up for CNE's newsletter. The German Bundestag took the clearest decision. Last week,…
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Central Europe
How to look back with forgiveness at the GDR's injustice
Yes, the state was afraid for the church. But no, living as a Christian was not impossible in the Socialist Eastern Germany. “From my father, I have never heard bitter things about other people.” > Stay up to date with Christian news in Europe? Sign up for CNE's newsletter. Kornelius…
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Northern Europe
There are only two genders, a group of Christians in Norway declares
In Norway, 36 Christian organisations and denominations published a joint statement this week against the modern gender understanding. The statement says this ideology is problematic, confusing, and destructive. However, the government of Norway showed its distaste for the declaration. > Stay up to date with Christian news in Europe? Sign…
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Opinion
Since Luther laid down his clerical dress, what should we do?
This column is about something that happened 500 years earlier – no problem if you have forgotten about it. On 9 October 1524, Martin Luther ascended the pulpit in regular, civilian clothes, no longer in a monk’s habit. Without this act, the revolution he unleashed seven years ago would not…
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Christian Life
Francis Schaeffer was an apologist, but not of the middle-class Christianity
Francis Schaeffer looked like the hippies he debated with. But that was style, not content, says an expert forty years after his death. Schaeffer said that everybody had a belief, even an atheist. > Receive CNE's weekly newsletter? Feel free to sign up here. If God does not exist, everything…
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