When the Pope spoke about freedom of conscience in Madrid, he forgot to mention that the Roman Catholic Church has been its greatest enemy for centuries.

Secretary of War Hegseth’s appearance at Rededicate 250 conservative Christian rally in Washington reinforced the perception that a warrior-style, crusading Christianity is gaining influence in nationalist circles. But this neglects the broader biblical trajectory toward justice, mercy and reconciliation.

The vision of human dignity, forgiveness, reconciliation, justice and the equal value of every person before God, profoundly shaped European civilisation over centuries.

Last Saturday was ‘Europe’s’ 76th birthday. You hadn’t noticed? Few European nations make much fuss about “Europe Day”, May 9. But it is great to remember the integration that has helped avoided war among EU's nations. 

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

Christian faith isn’t grounded in a sanitised, sentimental version of events; but in the stark reality that God became flesh and bore the full weight of human brokenness to bring us life.

Canals in Amsterdam overflow with boats crammed with orange-clad merrymakers. Music fills streets festooned with orange flags. Children sell old toys and homemade cakes. The old story of the Dutch triumph of freedom over Spanish imperial tyranny carries contemporary relevance.

Technology has not corrected arrogance: it has amplified it, aestheticised it and placed it at the service of new liturgies of the ego. There is no more practical or effective mechanism for dismantling the narcissist’s façade than public laughter.

María José García-Pelayo received the ‘Unamuno, Friend of Protestants Award’ in recognition of her work to promote coexistence and institutional openness towards the Evangelical community in the Spanish city.

The word “wrong” does not even do justice to the scale of Hitler’s crimes. But why was this not obvious in Nazi Germany?

Victor Glover is not the first Christian astronaut: others like him have also recited the Lord’s Prayer during the countdown to their space journey.

These independent churches—known for their emphasis on the Lord’s Table, biblical interpretation and collective leadership— emphasised their identity within the current evangelical movement.

The Romanesque plaque from Verona captures a paradox in bronze: apparent weakness revealing hidden strength, violence confronted by steadfast love, history opened toward redemption.

Ukraine is becoming a laboratory of ethics for the global church. Historian Yaroslav Hrytsak says absolute pacifism can become morally irresponsible in the face of violent tyranny.

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.

One of the leading academic voices on the historicity of the gospels will be at the upcoming Apologetics Forum in Madrid, which focuses on the theme: ‘Is the Christian faith the best option?’

Many Catholic churches hold relics of various kinds and origins that have been venerated for fifteen centuries. A new and fascinating book by historian Federico Canaccini tells the history of how objects and bones became religious relics.

Will Europe remember the story that formed it? Not as a tool of exclusion, nor as nostalgic conservatism, but as the living source of reconciliation, renewal and hope.

‘Never again’ asks whether Europe still believes that human dignity is non-negotiable, and that silence in the face of atrocity is complicity.

Europe is being transformed beyond recognition, hollowed out culturally and overrun by hordes of Muslim migrants in an irreversible process of civilisational decline. So prominent voices proclaim.

We must remember that American isolationism and European appeasement created the permissive environment in which Nazism flourished.

The life of the missionary, teacher, and prolific evangelical author profoundly shaped several generations of believers and evangelical leaders in Spain, the country he arrived in in 1958 and where he served for nearly seven decades.

The emergence of the Dutch Republic birthed many features of the modern era. What might Ukraine’s victory over Russian tyranny and oppression mean for our future?

The book Francoism against Protestants uncovers forgotten stories of repression during the Franco dictatorship, shedding light on the past and present of evangelical communities in Spain.

Anabaptists celebrate their 500th anniversary in 2025. We spoke with Spanish pastor Agustín Melguizo about the past, present and future of this movement.