The Catholic population in the city has decreased over 35% in 20 years, according to official data. In four districts there are already more other Christian churches than Catholic temples.
A documentary with 100 interviews with LGBT priests and other Catholic workers helps launch a movement to demand doctrinal changes. Cardinal Reinhard Marx calls to drop mandatory celibacy for priests.
Portugal receives over 100 complains of sexual abuses in only five days. An independent report in Germany on the cover-up of sexual abuse in Munich has also been published.
A 2022 report by the Center for the Study of Global Christianity shows that Pentecostals are the fastest growing Christian denomination worldwide.
The evangelical faith, while feeling totally part of the history of the faithful church, is ultimately submitted to Scripture alone.
Has the former Anglican Bishop Nazir-Ali fallen prey to a shortsighted, selective and, in the end, idealized view of Rome – a sort of wishful thinking in times of personal crisis?
The crimes of around 3,000 priests since the 1950s were identified in an independent report published one month ago.
Evangelical remarks on Catholic S.J. David Meconi’s latest book.
On 31 October the Protestant Reformation is commemorated around the world, just over five centuries after Luther nailed his 95 theses in Wittenberg (Germany).
A declaration of the Committee of Evangelical Teachers in Italy (CIEI) about the Global Compact on Education promoted by Pope Francis and signed by representatives of various religions.
Church trends in the 21st century.
The Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church said it is a “minimum estimate” and warns that there could be up to 10,000 victims.
On Andrea Riccardi’s insights on the crisis of present-day Roman Catholicism.
The medical passport becomes mandatory for all worship services with an attendance of over 50 people.
Whoever is elected, the next pope will unlikely be an “evangelical” if the word “evangelical” retains its doctrinal and historical meaning.
In his new book “Same Words, Different Worlds”, Italian theologian and evangelical pastor Leonardo De Chirico defends the need to understand the theology that differentiates evangelicals and Roman Catholics.
The controversialist, the dialogue partner and the diplomat.
A podcast conversation between journalist Tore Hjaelmar Saevik and Evangelical Focus director Joel Forster for the Norwegian newspaper Dagen.
The English Cemetery of Malaga was founded in 1831. Now it is open daily and has recovered its cultural activity.
Even if the call to listen to the Word of God is present in these speeches, it seems to lead to an increased catholicity rather than an appeal to recover the biblical gospel.
Church leaders and rights activists fear that shelter homes, police and courts facilitate the forced conversions of Christian girls.
An evangelical pastor was arrested in the community of Mitzitón (Mexico) as he returned home to visit his mother. Since 1982, over 180 houses of evangelicals have been destroyed in this municipality.
According to data from the regional Religious Affairs Unit, the death toll exceeds 8% of registered evangelical ministers in the area.
Martin Luther’s famous 95 Theses Against Indulgences was originally a written list academic conversation starters. His questions and statements were like a string of tweets ahead of their time. They were dismissed by the authorities as errant, dangerous and divisive.
Although no longer monumental and certainly not monolithic, Thomism is still “substantial” for Roman Catholicism, representing its main theological backbone.
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