The reference international report reached a record low in science, reading and math. France, Germany and Spain saw their worst results ever. Analyst Jaume Llenas gives a Christian perspective. 

David Smith, the government’s Special Envoy for Religious Freedom, visited Ukraine in July. In the country's occupied territories, people only can worship freely in Russian Orthodox Churches, he says.

For two days in Sète, the leadership teams of the National Council of Evangelicals in France and the French Protestant Federation discussed past tensions and future collaboration.

A major survey shows that there are 5.5 million committed evangelicals, 8 per cent of the population. Around 40 per cent of them are under the age 35, the Evangelical Alliance United Kingdom reports.

We talk on the situation in Venezuela with Mishelle Mitchell and Joao Diniz of World Vision. Over two months after the earthquakes “churches have been, and still are, essential”.

The Protestant and Catholic Churches have acknowledged in a joint statement that the elections in Saxony-Anhalt “have made our worst fears a reality”. Jews lament a rise in antisemitism.

For 56 million evangelicals—the majority of whom are Pentecostals—their central role in the country's public life is being reinforced.

The Evangelical Alliance UK has published a 36-page guide containing definitions of popular New Age concepts, testimonies of conversions to Christianity and ideas for engaging with spiritual seekers.

The new FC Barcelona striker spoke at his presentation about how he is facing this new chapter in his football career, trusting in God.

Robert Guanco was hit by a wooden sign at the UK's largest Christian music festival, six others were injured. Several Christian leaders sent prayers and condolences to his church and family.

“Everything has been destroyed”, said the Ukraine for Christ ministy. A nearby elderly care home was also struck, leaving 29 residents dead.

The Hope for Europe 2026 gathering of the EEA, will take place from 5–9 October. Participants will explore “how more people across Europe can find hope in Jesus”.

The Senate has approved the bill, but it will not be included in the school calendar nor will it be a public holiday. The aim is to recognise the volunteering work carried out by thousands of people through churches

Send Relief, World Relief, the IPHC and World Vision are among the Christian organisations channelling aid through churches and local partners.

Whilst the radical left in Saxony-Anhalt claims that free evangelicals are just as harmful as jihadists, the radical right-wing AfD, currently leading in the polls, is fueling conflict with Protestants and Catholics.

Female figurines were also made in the capital of the Southern Kingdom at a time when the Bible describes tensions between various Canaanite sects and the worship of God.

The Portuguese Evangelical Alliance responds to a case of illegal immigration linked to an unregistered church and the alleged connections of conservative political movements with evangelicalism.

Criminals kill 47 people in one night in Kenscoff, in a country plunged into chaos that neither UN support nor foreign aid has managed to stabilise.

Botrus Mansour of the WEA and Jan Wessels of the EEA met with Christian leaders. They joined the National Prayer Breakfast and the celebrations of the 35th anniversary of Ukraine's independence.

Over 2,400 people have died in the first one hundred days of the outbreak. Evangelical NGOs work on the ground, assisting victims and running prevention campaigns.

Sergiy Melyanets and Natallia Vasilevich, who live outside the country, have been added to Russia's Federal Wanted List at the request of Belarus.

Penzberg is the first to list the mosque alongside the Catholic and Protestant churches. The town’s religious leaders are in agreement, but a survey shows that the majority of Germans reject it.

Faith-based healthcare institutions may refuse to allow assisted dying on their premises, “when such a procedure is clearly contrary to the institution's statutory mission or purpose”.

Konotopie, a small village in Poland, has built a 55-metre-high statue of Mary, the largest in Europe. The bishop ‘sanctified’ the new place for Roman Catholic pilgrimage.

A translation of the four Gospels into the dialect of the Welsh county of Pembrokeshire was recently published. National media covered the story.