We recognise the legitimate duty of governments to manage migration responsibly, secure external borders, and combat human trafficking. At the same time, several elements of this Regulation trouble us. Detention will now last longer and can apply to families with children.

The fact that liberal-democratic countries such as Switzerland and Germany react so strongly to expressions of faith shows just how far secularisation has progressed. That is why I urge Ruben Vargas, Felix Nmecha and others to continue leavening the dough with a faith lived out genuinely.

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 reform of the Criminal Code, spearheaded by the government, is now going to the Senate. The Spanish Evangelical Alliance rejects the Bill because it criminalises voluntary pastoral care, and FEREDE says the government is using ambiguous wording.

The heroic personal struggles that conflate the political party’s mission with one’s personal project can lead to disaster – both for the individual and for the party. Something similar happens in churches when they become a pastor’s personal project.

The Labour government’s proposals include up to five years of prison. The Evangelical Alliance UK denounces that the definition of abusive practices is “entirely subjective”. Christian Concern speaks of “a ban on conversations”.

 What, exactly, are we asking people to leave behind when they come to Christ? And what are we asking them to become? 

Starmer is the sixth outgoing prime minister in only ten years. "We ask for your wisdom at this time and for godly guidance for our nation”, prays the Evangelical Alliance.

Afrim Karoshi, an Albanian evangelical, analyses the demand for a ‘new Albania’ that thousands of people are voicing on the streets, in a conflict that goes beyond discontent with a major foreign investment in the Zvërnec region.

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.

Christians need to understand the interaction between faith and mental health, not only for their own wellbeing, but also to lovingly care for those who suffer in this area.

The French government publishes a report revealing that half of all anti-religious acts are directed against Jews, with a sharp rise since the Hamas attacks in Israel and the subsequent war in Palestine. Christian places of worship are the most frequently targeted.

Abusers set up new churches, preach again about God’s love, receive official recognition from ‘the good people’, and host lavish meals to celebrate their own success. Victims try to rebuild their own life, in silence.

Marking the eighth anniversary of Leah’s captivity, Christian organisations call for her release amid rising abductions of women and girls in the country.

Beneath the noise of social media, many young people are searching for meaning, purpose, and truth. They are looking for guidance on what it means to follow Jesus in a tangible way.

The Prime Minister’s announcement has drawn criticism from teenagers who conduct most of their social lives via social media. We asked the policy adviser at the Evangelical Alliance UK about the role churches should play in offering places of community and friendship.

Biblical spirituality is both vibrant and balanced.

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.

Both the left and the right applauded Leo XIV's speech, in an unprecedented event in recent Spanish history.

Families need compassion and clarity to overcome mental health challenges.

The number of abortions in Scotland has risen by 55% since 2016, show official figures.

However much it is expressed in lively, pop-culture language, Staglianò’s theological framework is the old Thomism rejuvenated by John Paul II in the encyclical Fides et Ratio (1998).

The Italian Evangelical Alliance called on Christians to give a biblical witness “in times of cultural crisis”. Theological training and church planting projects were presented.

The future of missions will not be built by isolated efforts but by partnerships that honour the gifts of each culture and generation.

The draft law aimed to abolish the waiting periods for an abortion and the criminalisation of doctors. “The Bill is cynical and dishonest”, said the Irish Evangelical Alliance.