Longing for your child to come home

27-12-2022

Christian Life

Hanneke Klein-den Hertog, RD

Slamming doors, cold looks, Shouting or icy silence: families often lack the unity that would benefit every family member. How can parents restore a troubled relationship with their child?

The new Traffic Light government will be sworn-in in Germany this week. Photo AFP, Ina Fassbender

“German coalition has new concept of family”

The German government that will be sworn in this week chooses against the natural family of father, mother, and child(ren). That is the firm statement made by the editors of the Catholic magazine Die Tagespost.

Pupils with a smartphone. Photo ANP, Robert Vos

Mobile phones have not disappeared from French school despite ban

France banned mobile phones in all schools four years ago. But that does not yet mean that "le portable" has disappeared from French secondary schools. Effective control is proving to be difficult in many schools.

For three years, the city of Sarajevo was besieged before peace came. Also, after the Dayton Agreement in November 1995, peacemakers were not really popular. Photo: a woman knitting at the ruins of Sarajevo just before the peace deal. Photo AFP, Odd Andersen

In Sarajevo, peacemakers were seen as traitors

Blessed are the peacemakers, Jesus says. But the Gospel does not promise a peaceful life for them. On the contrary, say peacemakers in Bosnia. They have sometimes been treated as traitors

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