International participants are invited to attend three weeks of interactive discussions, taking place in July, on Christian values in cities, countries and at European level, organised by the Schuman Centre for European Studies.

Once more, I listened gratefully to biblical concepts being uncompromisingly stated in the European Parliament building, including that human dignity derived solely from the understanding of humanity as created in God’s image.

The encyclical has little sense of the tragedy of sin, sees the gospel as a process in which nature is made more perfect and justifies the Church's role as a mediator between man and God.

Since becoming Leo XIV, Pope Prevost hinted at his desire to build on Leo XIII’s legacy by updating the Social Doctrine of the Church on the pressing concern of today: how to deal with Artificial Intelligence (AI) without succumbing the human person to it.

Christians launch a campaign to encourage citizens to speak to their political representatives, as the debate on assisted dying returns to the National Assembly.

The Finnish politician has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights after the Finnish Supreme Court ruled that the booklet Man and Woman He Created Them, published in 2004, breached legislation on hate speech against homosexuals.

Christian just war reasoning has long treated humanitarian limits as essential criteria for the moral use of force.

At a time of intense media coverage, Spanish evangelicals welcome analysis but ask that people avoid stereotyping regarding the voting habits, background or identity of their faith minority.

The gathering of 35,000 Christians in Madrid last weekend can and should be debated, just like any other public event. But it should not be treated as a democratic anomaly simply because it is evangelical, large-scale and visible.

Human trafficking is one of the world’s darkest evils. ‘Women of Hope’ is reaching the victimized with stories of restoration through Jesus Christ. 

Mairead McGuinness will lead efforts to promote freedom of belief outside the European Union. Christian MEPs say that the long delays in filling the post confirm the European government’s lack of interest in this human right.

The Supreme Court’s conviction of the Finnish politician and doctor could set a “troubling precedent for freedom of expression and religion across Europe”, says the European Evangelical Alliance.

The law is one of several that Vladimir Putin’s regime has introduced to intimidate religious minorities. Missionary activities are forbidden for other groups as well, including evangelical Christians.

The World Evangelical Alliance urges Bulgaria to “protect freedom of religion and ensure no religious community is unfairly affected during electoral processes”.

Today’s cancel culture, deplatforming, and loyalty oaths echo earlier demands for correct doctrinal confession in the past.

At the Human Rights Council in Geneva, the World Evangelical Alliance raises denounces that, in India, families “undergo coerced re-conversion rituals before burial can proceed”.

Sadly, when both Moscow and Washington talk ‘peace’ but do war, and trust between allies has been eroded by bellicose behaviour, we have a new reality to face.

The objectification of women through prostitution fuels human trafficking worldwide. Ezequiel Escobar leads an organisation working to restore victims of this scourge.

A pastor of the Iranian church in Barcelona analyses the impact of the fall of the Ayatollah regime’s leadership and the situation of Iranian Christians in the diaspora, where they hope for rapid political and social change that will restore religious freedom in the country.

The proposal by the conservative Popular Party, which received 19 votes in favour and 18 abstentions, urges the government to prioritise the protection of religious freedom in its diplomatic agenda.

The Barcelona-based Christian NGO Acordes sent its fifth container of humanitarian aid and plans to send a sixth in March. “The needs on the island are profound”, says its director.

By symbolically renouncing the human condition itself, this cultural dramatisation of the contemporary void erodes the very foundation of personal dignity.

Human rights violations against Iranian Christians include “imprisonment, exile and forced labour”, says a new report.

Five examples of how Christians raise their voices with humour and courage to explain the precarious life without freedoms under the Castro regime.

Spanish national Carlos Madrigal lived in Turkey for more than three decades. He comments on the government's response to the European Parliament's condemnatory resolution on the expulsion of foreign Christians.