Central Europe
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Counter-demonstrators regroup after Budapest Pride march
Hungary’s Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, may have banned this year’s Pride parade, but that did not stop an estimated 200,000 taking part. > Stay up to date with Christian news in Europe? Sign up for CNE's newsletter. However, for many organisations who were out to oppose LGBT ideology, several, including…
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Central Europe: March for Life in Germany and Hungary draw crowds
After the violence erupted in Cologne last year, 2024 became more peaceful for the nation's Marsch für das Leben (March for Life). So far, March for Life has come to Berlin and Cologne and will expand to Munich next year.Alexandra Linder, who is chairwoman of the pro-life organisation Bundesverband Lebensrecht…
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Christian aid provides relief in central Europe flooding
Homes destroyed. Belongings swept away. Loved ones missing. That is the reality this week after massive water floods in many parts of Central Europe. > Receive CNE's weekly newsletter? Feel free to sign up here. Storm Boris has killed at least 23 and has left several others displaced. Despite widespread…
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How the Polish government fails to change the abortion law
In the election campaign, Donald Tusk promised to liberalise the abortion law in Poland. But now he is prime minister; he realises that his coalition does not have enough votes for this. Now, he plans to ease the regulations in the hospitals. In 2020, Poland's court issued a landmark ruling…
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Assisted suicide capsule 'Sarco' set for release throughout Switzerland
When it is time to leave this world, most would say that they would want to have a peaceful death. That is why a new invention is set up for release. However, it is not uncontroversial.Sarco's founder, Dr. Philip Nitschke, has wanted to guarantee a drug-free departure of life through…
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Here you see how Poles leave the Catholic church in large numbers
As the numbers of non-believers increase in Poland, the people are becoming less Catholic and more secular as a population. In 2011, Poland became the only EU state to have its population identified as 88 per cent Catholic. Then in 2021, that number plummeted to 71 per cent in 2021,…
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New Polish government gets headwinds in liberalising abortion
The new Polish government is determined to decriminalise abortion and dismantle the strict laws on termination of pregnancy that were established by the previous coalition. However, it is not as easy as expected and promised. In 2020, Poland's government made headlines when it passed a near-complete ban on abortion. According…
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Values congress focuses on young German speaking Christian leaders
Young Christians in Germany have to mark the date in March 2025 for the “value congress”. The event in Karlsruhe invites them to get motivated for Christian ethics. The year 2025 may still seem distant, but for organisers of the Kongress Christlicher Führungskräfte (Congress of Christian Leaders, KCF), it is…
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Czechia debuts handbook on dealing with church domestic abuse
A Christian group in the Czech Republic has released a handbook nationwide on how to confront domestic violence in its churches. Czech Evangelical Alliance (CEA), the organisation responsible for launching the handbook, says they want to provide a tool for a practical and pastoral response when churches encounter both victims…
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For German activist, being pro-life means being against surrogacy
Dozens of experts will sign a declaration calling for the global abolition of surrogacy. Cornelia Kaminski, chairwoman of a German pro-life movement, is one of them. “You cannot be pro-life and in favour of surrogacy.” “Surrogacy is a horrible practice”, says the German Cornelia Kaminski, the chairwoman of Germany's largest…
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