We ask theologian David Brown in France about today's influence of Catholicism, ‘laicité’ in politics, and the new efforts to promote ecumenism with evangelicals.

The evangelical federation welcomes the initiative, but rejects the requirement for pastors and widows to pay contributions. It will request a meeting with the government and does not rule out legal action.

Jesus didn’t treat women as second class citizens, but as supporters, fellow travellers, and disciples. A lesson to many today.

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. 

It is half a century since Robert Redford’s film brought the Watergate scandal to the big screen. The journalist Daniel Silliman has published a biography that examines Richard Nixon’s spiritual quest.

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.

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.

Christian work is neither meaningless nor sufficient in itself. God is building his Kingdom, but he graciously involves us in the process.

Asturias, in the north of Spain, celebrates 45 years of being an Autonomous Community. Among the prominent names in the celebrations features evangelical pastor Rubén Fernández Valle.

Members of the European Parliament and expert organisations such as the European Evangelical Alliance call on Mairead McGuiness in Brussels to contact governments that fail to protect this human right: both within and outside Europe.

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”.

The World Humanoid Games 2026 were entertaining, but they also revealed deeper cultural currents: the concentration of technological power, the acceleration of autonomous warfare, and the loneliness that makes artificial companionship seem plausible.

The journalist Paco Niebla tells the life and murder of his grandmother Ángela in the Spanish city of Vigo. “People who lose their memory lose their identity”, he said.

Is dialogue truly being promoted if one lacks the courage to say and do the things one believes?

The Senate has approved the bill, but it will not be included in the school calendar nor will it be a public holiday. The aim is to recognise the volunteering work carried out by thousands of people through churches

Female figurines were also made in the capital of the Southern Kingdom at a time when the Bible describes tensions between various Canaanite sects and the worship of God.

Botrus Mansour of the WEA and Jan Wessels of the EEA met with Christian leaders. They joined the National Prayer Breakfast and the celebrations of the 35th anniversary of Ukraine's independence.

Over 2,400 people have died in the first one hundred days of the outbreak. Evangelical NGOs work on the ground, assisting victims and running prevention campaigns.

Ask God to help you show love to all, even though some may not want to accept it.

While people expect the church to offer easily digestible products that can keep pace with the entertainment market, each individual remains the center of their own life, and the church is a convenient afterthought.

Tina's therapist supported her desire for freedom and self-actualization, repeatedly pointed out the faults of others, and affirmed her personality. Yet the more she did so, the greater the girl’s doubts became.

Too little oxygen, and we suffocate. Too much, and we risk spontaneous combustion. Too much carbon dioxide, and the climate overheats. Too little, and plants cannot photosynthesise.

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 notice the obvious instances, but not the more subtle cases that make the worst ones possible.

For cultures that prize productivity and speed, Christian communities are called to model a different way: the slow work of presence, the patient cultivation of deep relationships.