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Jonathan Luxmoore
Jonathan Luxmoore writes for Ecumenical News International.
Polish bishops rap Europe norms against violence to women as interference
Poland’s Roman Catholic Bishops Conference has denounced a Council of Europe convention prohibiting violence against women and urged the country’s liberal government not to sign it....
Church historian sees Catholic schism ahead
Influential church historian Diarmaid MacCulloch said he believes that Christianity faces a bright future but predicts that the Roman Catholic Church will undergo a major schism over its moral and ...
Greek churches "face disaster" as crisis deepens
(ENInews)--A senior Greek Protestant has warned that minority denominations "face disaster" due to the country's worsening economic crisis. ...
Austria's dissident Catholics urged to "maintain church unity"
November 17 (ENInews)--Austria's Roman Catholic bishops have rejected a call by dissident church members for laypeople to begin presiding at Mass when parishes have no priests, but the bishops also...
Freedom of religion in Russia faces increased limits
November 9 (ENInews)--A veteran human rights campaigner has warned of growing restrictions on religious freedom in Russia, and urged Western governments and churches to do more to address the issue...
Hungary returns churches, but most are in bad shape
A Hungarian church leader has welcomed the fulfillment of state pledges to restore church properties to religious communities six decades after they were confiscated by the country's communist regi...
In recession-hit Hungary, churches take over state schools
Warsaw, Poland, September 8 (ENInews)--Local government officials in
Hungary are handing state-owned schools over to churches, unable to afford their...
Czech government will turn over seized churches
A prominent Czech church leader has welcomed an agreement that would
allow churches to reclaim land and buildings seized under communist rule...
Belgian Christians divided over banning of Muslim burqa
Warsaw, Poland, July 25 (ENInews)--Christian organizations in Belgium have
had mixed reactions to a criminal code amendment making the country...
Hungarian churches divided over new religion law
Warsaw, Poland, July 15 (ENInews)--Christian leaders in Hungary have given
mixed reactions to a restrictive new law on religion, with larger...
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Liechtenstein parishes may lose subsidies
Churches in Liechtenstein, one of the world's smallest countries,
could face financial disaster with government plans to withdraw state...
Europe needs more humane treatment of refugees, says expert
Warsaw, June 21 (ENInews)--The European Union risks "undermining its core values" unless it treats refugees and asylum-seekers more humanely, according to a senior Protestant expert....
European institutions "more open than ever" to church co-operation
Warsaw, Poland (ENInews)--A senior ecumenist has welcomed growing
co-operation between leaders of European institutions and churches, and predicted a...
World religious leaders urge global response to crises at G8 summit
Bordeaux, France, May 25 (ENInews)--Leaders of Christian churches and other faiths called on the world's most powerful governments to devise more effective joint solutions to the "interconnected cr...
Aid group urges European governments to help Libya refugees
Warsaw, Poland, April 15 (ENInews)--An ecumenical aid organisation has urged European governments to do more to help refugees from the war in Libya, and warned that continued inaction could damage ...
Ethiopian Protestant leader supports investigation of rampage
Warsaw, March 11 (ENInews)--The head of Ethiopia's Lutheran church has welcomed government efforts to curb a spate of attacks on Christians in the country, but warned that political extremists were...