Theologian and pastor Leonardo De Chirico, a world specialist on Roman Catholicism, analyses  the Pope's legacy.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, died this Monday at the age of 88, after twelve years in office.

The “rumours of war” should not take Christians by surprise. Churches must “read the times”, commit to real peacemaking, and pray “lucid” and “not abstract” prayers. Leaders from Sweden, France, Portugal and Spain spoke to Evangelical Focus.

French evangelicals support the report but warn of the “risk of stigmatisation” of religious practices that are “fully protected by freedom of thought, conscience and religion”.

The Pentecostal denomination has 426 local churches across France and is focusing on greater unity and the establishment of churches.

Started in 2010, the VF are a pool of resources to help evangelicals approach, understand and assess the complex reality of Roman Catholicism with gospel clarity and theological breadth.

There are now more ‘nones’ than Christians in The Netherlands and Sweden. However, a Pew Research study perceives conversions to Christianity among Europeans raised without a religion.

The National Council of Evangelicals in France (CNEF) condemns the “hateful caricature” sprayed on the evangelical organisation working in the context of Messianic Jews.  

According to IFOP, 24% of Protestants in France are converts from another background. Young people attend church more, and those from lower socioeconomic classes identify more as ‘evangelicals’.

Around 200 bookshops participate in this initiative “to promote the discovery of the Bible”, through animation and a Bible study online, among other resources.

In an interview, Frank Heinrich of the Evangelical Alliance in Germany, shares his impressions - and where he was annoyed by Donald Trump.

Anti-Christian acts drop by 10% in a context in which antisemitic attacks continue to be on the rise, says a territorial intelligence report.

The movie only anticipates some outcomes that are consonant with respect to the “catholic” (inclusive, all-embracing) direction that Jorge Bergoglio imprinted on the Roman Catholic Church.

God's intra-Trinitarian love overflowed for us, at the creation of all things, for our salvation, and to accompany the Church in its efforts to bear witness.

Ahead of February's elections in Germany, Frank Heinrich of the Evangelical Alliance explains to Evangelical Focus why a Christian vision introduces nuance into the overall tension and uncertainty.

At a private gathering with religious leaders, the president encouraged them to promote French-style 'laicité' and spoke about hot issues like his plans on euthanasia and the State's dialogue with Muslims.

The National Council of Evangelicals offers support to the victims. Most French evangelical organisations are part of the ‘Stop Abus’ service, launched in 2022, which has already helped 38 people.

The granddaughter of a Protestant teacher, shot by Franco’s army when she was 8 months pregnant, received the award at the Democratic memory day event.

Youth With A Mission and the National Council of Evangelicals of France organise this initiative during the four days of the city traditional festival.

The latest encyclical of Pope Francis takes its cue from the Roman Catholic devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus to elaborate a more general reflection on the heart.

The Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe reports at least 2,444 anti-Christian hate crimes in 35 European countries in 2023.

Carmen Hombre Ponzoa, a teacher in Spain, was imprisoned and later executed while pregnant, together with her husband. She belonged to the small Protestant minority.

Next year will certainly be a holy year of religious tradition, but it cannot be called a jubilee in the biblical sense.

In a straightforward style, Stéphane Lauzet describes the steps different streams of evangelicalism in France did to create the National Council of Evangelical Christians. “They put aside their preconceptions and recognised their common faith”.

It is curious how cinema dialogues with time. Francis Ford Coppola’s film is about the future, yes, but it has its roots in a work written more than two thousand years ago.