In neither country is surrogacy regulated by law, but the Dutch and Swedish governments support “altruistic surrogacy”.

The Supreme Court rejected a request to change the name and remove the gender from birth records and the civil status.

In Germany, only 1.6% read the Bible every day, although half of the population is a member of one of the historic churches.

Bookclubs are brilliant places where we can be persuaded to pick up a book by an author we have never heard of, or a topic that we have not explored.

The regional parliament tries to solve the problem of worship places and creates an Interreligious Council for faith minorities.

“Rapito” was presented at the 2023 Cannes Festival. It tells the true story of Edgardo Mortara, a Jewish boy from Bologna, who was kidnapped from his family in 1858 and taken to a Catholic boarding school by order of the Inquisition court.

Attackers entered the worship place, smashed windows, destroyed the prayer room, and wrote the message: “The last prophet was Mohamed”.

The Committee for Women’s Rights & Gender Equality of the European Parliament has passed a report on prostitution that could shape the future policies all across Europe.

A medical team of 3 must agree upon the procedure, which may only occur in a licensed clinic.

Five speakers at the dialogue with civil society were able to present the views of Latin American evangelicals on education, respect of life and religious freedom.

The Office for the Protection of the Constitution monitors the movement of a Baptist and a free Evangelical church for “extremist statements” and conspiracy theories.

Evicted from its church building in February 2021, banned from meeting for worship in the church car park, Minsk's New Life Pentecostal Church has now seen its building bulldozed.

This is an increase of 17% over the previous year. Half were early medical abortions at home, a practice only legalised in the UK after the pandemic.

Wissam al-Saliby of the World Evangelical Alliance met Victor Madrigal-Borloz and calls for dialogue after a controversial report on religious freedom and LGBT rights.

George was indefatigable, in prayer, in evangelism, in mobilisation, in fund-raising and in correspondence to fellow labourers around the globe.

Kristie Higgs encouraged people to challenge the government’s plans to introduce relationships and sex education to children in primary schools.

Official statistics conclude that free evangelical Christians (below 5%) pray and attend worship services more than other faith groups.

The sixth edition of the Rome Scholars and Leaders Network was held in Rome.

For four days, women leaders from 20 European countries gathered in Sarajevo to learn, discuss and network with one another.

What are the challenges posed by the exponential evolution of AI in recent months, and should we be optimistic about the future? Computer scientist Charlie Catlett, a researcher of the internet since the early days in the 1990s, answers key questions.

The unity initiative Spain We Pray for You brought together evangelicals from across the country.

A Bible-believing Christian, David Mackereth was dismissed by the government. He hopes his legal battle will “encourage medics to speak out more on these issues”.

The German Chancellor comes from a Lutheran family. He speaks about the Christian influence in society but remains silent about his personal beliefs.

The screening in Paris of the documentary Buying Her shed light on the motivations of prostitution clients. It was followed by a roundtable with experts.

“Our reputation among the non-Roma people is very recognisable in a good way”, says Pastor Selim Alijevic. Before having a building, the church helped start two dozens of other congregations.