At the end of 2025, we look back at what this year has brought us. Of course, we know from experience what it has brought to our personal lives. But when it comes to the world, we need media to get the information to us. It really does matter what media we use.

Europe extends as far as we can see church spires. That is, in short, the vision of the German Chancellor Helmut Kohl on Europe’s borders. In other words, Europe is Christian, and you can easily see where it ends.

America may talk about being “great again”, but perhaps it is time to bow the knee. And Europe should join in.

Before Germany introduced its new prostitution law, regulations on brothels were shockingly loose. Even a Tupperware party was scrutinised more critically than the sex industry.

Few American preachers have had as strong an impact in Europe as Dr. John MacArthur. The organisation Grace to You Europe aims to provide a follow-up on a spiritually unstable continent.

Every day, Anja Tang-Hoffmann and her colleagues search newspapers from all corners of Europe to look for incidents of intolerance against Christians. And sometimes, the breaches of religious freedom come even from the governments.

Governments should encourage religious literacy among civil servants and the media. This can prevent Christians from facing negative stereotypes and stigma.

What happens when one of the world’s most secular countries starts deciding how believers should live? Norway is so secular that it risks going too deeply into private matters. In this way, especially religious families can suffer from state interventions.

On Thursday, in the case against Päivi Räsänen, the Finnish prosecutor chose not to dwell too much on the infamous 2019 tweet, but rather on the 2004 brochure about men and women.

The Dutch Christian Democratic CDA has won fourteen seats in the general elections on Wednesday.