Representatives meeting in Germany exhorted churches in all European countries to “not confuse our own cultural identity with theological essentials.”

The German chancellor speaks about her personal life in an interview with the Süddeutsche Zeitung. Her father was a Lutheran pastor. 

President Joachim Gauck compares the challenge 25 years ago with the integration of refugees. 80% of population thinks reunification has been helpful.

It is assumed that the piece was stolen. The book found in Germany is one of the 60 copies produced by the Stern'schen Druckerei print after 1614. 

The Mayor of Rome, the ambassador of Germany and leaders of the Lutheran, Adventist and Evangelical denominations attend the event. AEI: “A step towards the full recognition of equal rights for all citizens, and thus also for evangelicals”.

The German Chancellor: “We all have the freedom to have our religion, to practice it, and to believe in it.”

European Council President Donald Tusk, has asked EU members to admit 100,000 refugees.

14,000 Icelanders say they are ready to offer shelter and aid to Syrian refugees. A Christian MP in Germany hosts two Eritrean refugees at home. “Net of shelter cities” emerges in Spain.

“We don't have any mosques in Slovakia so how can Muslims be integrated if they are not going to like it here?” Interior ministry spokesman Ivan Metik said.

Thousands of people wait in the border between Greece and Macedonia. Families of refugees arriving from Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan board trains bringing them to Serbia. They hope to find a final destination in Germany or Sweden. 

France and the Czech Republic stand out as countries where extramarital affairs, abortion and homosexuality are largely accepted. 

A German pastor cycles from Holland to the south of Italy, gets in touch with local churches and raises money for three missionary projects.

On August 6, 1945, the US dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing about 140,000 by the end of the year, out of the 350,000 who lived in the city.

Member of Angela Merkel’s ruling party CDU breaks discipline. Frank Heinrich argues the identity of Europe cannot only be based on the Euro currency.

In Germany, SKB bank finances Free Church building projects. ‘Building churches together’ is the motto of the institution, which has supported more than 100 projects.

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

LGBT groups use Ireland’s referendum to put pressure on the government. Pro-family activists ask politicians to protect traditional marriage. 

“Catholic theology is the largest faith system and the largest Christian faith system in the world, so we need to invest a lot of energy to research it, understand it, interact with it”, argues WEA's Thomas Schirrmacher.

The German Evangelical Alliance considered that the article of well-known magazine is poor journalism and contradicts reality.

More and more people are ordering their books on the internet. 35% of Christian bookshops have disappeared in Germany in the last 20 years. 

The Comission introduces a country-by-country quota system to respond to the Mediterranean crisis. Evangelicals had asked for real solutions in recent weeks.

Some 1,500 guests attended the ecumenical service to mourn the victims of the Germanwings flight that crashed in France last month.

The co -pilot received psychotherapy treatment before getting his pilot’s licence. DNA strands of 80 of the victims have been found.

Düsseldorf prosecutors found a torn-up doctor's note, signing him off work on the day of the crash.

“Absolute silence inside the cockpit during the last 10 minutes”, said Brice Robin, Marseille prosecutor. Lufthansa president: “I would not have been able to imagine that the situation would have got even worse.”