Church has a bonus, says our Swedish columnist Julia Boehme. You don’t only have fun with your brothers and sisters. In difficult times, your relationship is even tested. “We have the opportunity to help, learn and forgive.”

For some, it is already too far for the Church of Sweden to bless same-sex relationships. But for others, the Church must go further and embrace polyamory in its Good Message. "This is not about marriage," say some who represent Sweden's national Lutheran Church." This autumn, the Church will decide.

National Socialism is the black page in German history. But what was the position of the churches and their members during that time? Were they victims or perpetrators?

Olaf Latzel was acquitted in 2022. But this Wednesday, he is on trial again. Is this case against the German pastor beginning to resemble a political trial? Anyhow, the resumption of this long-running case raises many questions.

For quite a while, the Evangelical Free Lutheran Church in Norway discussed how to phrase precisely the status of the new documents on marriage and sexuality.