Europe
Ukraine: birth of new church brings violence
Young men brought clubs and brass knuckles to Pechersk Monastery in Kiev, intent on disrupting worship. Police spread-eagled them against a wall depicting centuries-old frescoes of saints, then hauled them away. Meanwhile at…
Raising awareness of climate change
An artwork was unveiled in London on 11 December, to coincide with the climate change conference taking place in Poland. Centuries-old Greenland icebergs weighing between 1.5 and 6 tonnes keep melting. This installation…
Importance of the family
In addition to all Europe’s other problems, falling birth rates pose a huge threat to family and national life. At present there is no EU member state that has a birth rate high…
Netherlands: non-stop church service protects family
Preachers at the Bethel Church in the Hague have been holding a round-the-clock service for over a month to stop a family of Armenian asylum seekers being deported. The family has lived in…
Poland: climate change conference
Participants at the UN climate talks in Poland have discussed how they will keep promises made in 2015 to reduce their climate footprint by 2020. Global warming occurs when carbon dioxide and methane…
France: deep-rooted anger
In Florian Dou’s shopping cart there was a packet of sausages and not much else. He had spent all his salary ten days before the end of the month. To survive when the…
Bulgaria Revises Proposed Church Restrictions
Bulgaria Revises Proposed Restrictions on Churches Update: After considering laws to halt training, foreign funding, and missionary outreach, the European nation eases its approach. Following an outcry from evangelicals and other faith groups,…
Ukraine - Russia Conflict - PRAY
Ukraine will not allow Russian men aged 16-60 into the country following the imposition of martial law, Kiev says. An exception would be made for "humanitarian cases" such as those travelling to funerals.…
Prayer for Bosnia
Your Peace Returns to You Our last prayer topic was praying about finding a house were your peace would remain. In that house was a person of peace who would be key in…
Europe - Blasphemy laws
Islam, Christianity, and Free Speech We think of Europe as secular, progressive, and confidently post-religious. But try criticizing Islam. Should governments be in the business of protecting people’s feelings? Most Americans, I think…
