Tag: Church
Utrecht churches take the lead in receiving refugees: ‘Church can switch quickly’
The reception of refugees from war-torn Ukraine is going very well. That is the view of De Protestantse Kerk Utrecht, which itself plays an important role in the process. Churches…
Brantford Slavic church accepting donations in support of Ukrainian families
Pastor Oleg Stepus, of the Brantford Slavic Full Gospel Church, with shipping boxes donated to the church’s Ukrainian relief efforts by Steve Hudson, of Hudson Restoration in Brantford. Vincent Ball…
Ukraine’s church history is under pressure from the oppression of the West and the East – there is also a religious divide behind the war
Ukraine has been a partly divided country for decades. The nation has been torn apart by both political and ethnic issues and difficult history. Religion also plays a major role…
Church bells ring for Ukraine and special service in Domkerk: ‘Want to offer hope’
Today, 09:32 † 2 minutes reading time © RTV Utrecht PROVINCE OF UTRECHT – Throughout the Netherlands, church bells are ringing for peace in Ukraine between 5.15 pm and 5.30…
‘It breaks my heart’: Sarnia church hosts vigil, prays for Ukraine
It’s been an emotional few days for Cassandra Taylor and her mother Stefanie Czornyj. The Sarnia residents have about 20 Ukrainian family members that they haven’t heard from since Russian…
Sarnia church launching reading program for kids
Members of a Sarnia church want to help city children make up reading skills lost due to disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s important to me that kids know how…
“For a Church without fear”: the call of 125 German LGBTQI Catholics to reform the Church
Catholics and gay, trans or bisexual, so what? In Germany, at the end of January more than a hundred priests and employees of the Catholic Church decided to break the…
Pedophilia in the Church: in Spain, kick-off to the truth operation
The spotlight is finally on the pedophilia scandal within the Church of Spain. Faced with a clergy in denial, the government of socialist Pedro Sanchez announced on Sunday February 6…
Pedophilia in the Church: what to do with the works of Father Ribes?
In France, the Catholic Church is again shaken by a pedophilia scandal. Father Ribes, who died in 1994, is accused of having sexually assaulted dozens of children in the 1970s…
125 homosexual Church employees speak out against discrimination against them
It’s the biggest coming out that the Catholic Church has ever known. This Monday, January 24, 125 people, priests, religious teachers, Church employees officially made their homosexuality public in Germany.…