Leonardo de Chirico analyses the content of the latest encyclical, and compares it with similar evangelical documents.

CNEF director Clément Diedrichs tells Evangelical Focus: “The bad news became an opportunity to clarify who we are, the evangelical branch inside of Protestantism in France.”

The World Evangelical Alliance “welcomes” Pope Francis’ encyclical and the media attention it has had. “Climate change is real and it is a threat to the integrity of the planet’s ecosystems.”

Greece’s banks are to remain shut for a week, and a referendum on the country's bailout conditions will take place next Sunday, 5 July.

Economics should take into account the relational aspect of men as it structures society for human flourishing.

John Piper, Franklin Graham, Albert Mohler, George O. Wood, Russell Moore and many others show their deep sorrow, and ask Christians to “keep perspective.”

He stopped for a moment and noticed that I put a lot more into my wheelbarrow  than he did in his. He tried to impress me by wheeling my barrow.

In the Western world today you will not find in public places very many idols of the type that you can see in Nepal. Does this mean that the West is superior and has largely got rid of its idols? Not at all! 

Many of us could do with a good dose of Abraham’s spirit: the spirit of compassion, intercession and love for those in danger of condemnation.

Jack Lovelock was a great New Zealand sportsman, in 1936 an Olympic champion in Berlin in the 1500m.; he also graduated as a doctor from Oxford University.

The court ruled 5-4 in favour of the decision to allow same-sex marriage anywhere in the US. Obama said it is "a victory for America".
 

A suicide bomber unleashed the first terrorist attack in Kuwait in more than two decades. 202 were wounded.

One man has been killed and two others injured in a suspected Islamist attack near the city of Lyon. Four people have been arrested, including the suspected attacker. 

At least 37 people have been killed in a gun attack on a beach in front of hotels in the Tunisian resort of Sousse.

Old Protestant Church created “a blurry situation” that affects the majority of evangelicals, Evacom argues. “We will remain close to the Bible as God’s revelation to humanity.”

The life of George Borrow and his passion for bringing the Bible to Spain fascinated the politician and republican president Manuel Azaña.

Public broadcaster France 2 reports about the growth of evangelical churches in France. 

France 2 informed about the growth of evangelicals in the country and the importance of church planting. An evangelical worship service and a theological seminary were showed.

A study in 15 European cities confirmed the existence of socioeconomic inequalities in many of the main causes of mortality.

Council voted to change the name, which dates from 1627.  The surname ‘Matamoros’ (“Kill Muslims”) is another example of Spain’s long history of religious clashes.

The boys, believed to be under the age of 18, were killed in Syria and their bodies displayed with placards hung around their necks announcing their “crime".

The film tells the true story of a drug addict who was taken hostage by a murderer, and how she got him to surrender by sharing ideas from Rick Warren’s  best seller “The Purpose Driven Life.”

The movie talks about the spiritual collision of a drug addict and her captor, and how finding Jesus in a book changed their lives.

Muslims in Europe celebrate Ramadan. "Expansion of Islam is part of the 'dawa', Islam's missiology, and this idea seems to gain more and more space", Islam expert Federico Bertuzzi.

The EKD continues to dwindle in 2013 and 2014 while free evangelical churches experience slight gains in church attendance.