A bowl of liquid and a rock-hard hunk of bread. That was pastor Lavooij’s daily breakfast when he was imprisoned in Czechoslovakia for two months for smuggling Bibles and other reading material.

Studying church history may not always seem practical in the business of everyday life. However, it can be incredibly encouraging, Chiara Lamberti finds.

Martin Luther (1483-1546) did not believe that his new theology, which caused the Reformation, was his invention. He owed it all to Staupitz, his Father Confessor. But who was Staupitz?

This column is about something that happened 500 years earlier – no problem if you have forgotten about it. On 9 October 1524, Martin Luther ascended the pulpit in regular, civilian clothes, no longer in a monk’s habit. Without this act, the revolution he unleashed seven years ago would not be complete. Even today, it is good to reflect upon this.

The cultural inheritance of the Armenians is being annihilated. And the international community remains silent. 'And when there is silence, nobody knows, and when nobody knows, nobody will pray for us.'