Churches Urge Apology For Slavery
While the Jewish Holocaust is well-known to Europeans, because it relates to their near past and to scars not yet fully wounded, they do not remember another holo0caust for which they are responsible: the African slavery trade. The Ecumenical Church leaders declared this is an event to remember and demanded apology for all the trade crimes. On March 25 the world celebrated the bicentenary of the end of the Atlantic slave trade (...)

Turkmenistan And The Life Of Christians
Every person who visited the Eastern European countries during communism and wants to get another taste of that grim and hopeless atmosphere, is invited to take a trip to Turkmenistan, a strange country, who just lost its weird president. This is actually the good news, because after the change in power, Christians in Turkmenistan are not harassed and can have a normal life (...)

Texas Tries To Find Solutions
After getting the signature of former state governor George W. Bush, the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act, or RFRA is now taken to the supreme court. The act is protecting people of faith, but the prerogatives stated in the law are not observed by the lower courts and other institutions. The Supreme Court should make changes into the law in order to enforce the set of laws. A case starting from Bush and probably having greater implications in entire America (...)

Poland And The Tysiac Case
Polish government has to pay around 30.000 euros to Alicja Tysiac for denying her the right to an abortion. Her condition was aggravating because of the pregnancy, but the doctors refused the abortion option. The European Court of Human Rights wanted to give Poland the signal this is unacceptable and abortion should be a choice made by the women. In Poland, abortion is allowed only when the child is the result of a rape or there are dangers to the life of the mother or if the fetus is "severely" disabled (...)

A Christian Answer
There is a growing concern relating to the rise of Islamic cultures all over Europe. These communities are closed in themselves and their number will double in the next 20 years. All kinds of social groups are touched by this change: German butchers loose their clients, because Muslims spit on pork sausages and a German judge ruled Koran allows the physical abuse of women. The proper answer may come from a simple, efficient and loving method: welcoming Muslims in the Christian communities in order to understand their way of life and their values (...)

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