In Switzerland, 6 per cent of the population are Muslim. Parliamentarians who fear the Islamisation want more control by local councils over mosques and their funding. But such laws would affect evangelical free churches as well. 

The law approved by the Spanish Government seeks to redress the injustice suffered by pastors and their families who were prevented from making social security contributions during the Franco regime and the early years of democracy.

Echoing the calls of evangelicals in the Middle East, the World Evangelical Alliance appealed in Geneva for an end to the illegal territorial expansion, which “contributes to the dispossession and displacement of Palestinians, including Christians”.

Governments may employ a “divide-and-rule” strategy to weaken civil and religious groups. Wounds from violent conflict can fester, keeping Christian communities divided even after the war has ended.

The case of a father who was barred by the Spanish courts from taking his young son to church or teaching him about the faith, due to the mother’s opposition, has been referred to the European Court of Human Rights.

David Smith, the government’s Special Envoy for Religious Freedom, visited Ukraine in July. In the country's occupied territories, people only can worship freely in Russian Orthodox Churches, he says.

We talk on the situation in Venezuela with Mishelle Mitchell and Joao Diniz of World Vision. Over two months after the earthquakes “churches have been, and still are, essential”.

Javier Santolaria, pastor of Casa de Alabanza, describes a city that remains overwhelmed a week later. Evangelical churches distribute aid, food and Christian literature to the thousands of migrants still living on the streets.

With the first month and a half now having passed since the two earthquakes June, it is essential that we recognise a conviction that must guide all recovery and reconstruction efforts: surviving is not enough.

“We pray that we may be a beacon of hope in the midst of this crisis”, says an evangelical pastor in Ceuta. Around 50,000 migrants have entered an overwhelmed city.

World Vision, REMAR, Alianza Solidaria, Diaconía and several denominations have launched coordinated responses following the earthquakes on 24 June.

Governments around the world need to ask themselves if “human beings can become a means to satisfy the interests and desires of others”, says Italy's Minister for Family and Natality. 

The World Evangelical Alliance addressed the Austrian government at the Human Rights Council, requesting that no obstacles prevent the registration of faith minorities.

World Vision deploys teams on the ground as the deaths of nearly 600 people are reported. “Everything went dark and everything started shaking. Children were screaming in fear”, says one eyewitness. Alianza Solidaria and GAiN are also launching emergency campaigns.

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.