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.

Pastor István Ónodi might not have slept so well if he had known that his house would be turned upside down at daybreak. That early morning in February, he was arrested for fraud.

Celebrating Christmas and winter holidays could lead us to forget that there is no peace on earth yet. Conflicts are quite heavy, both in Ukraine and in Palestine-Israel. Jack Nassar, a Palestinian Christian, urges his European brothers and sisters to reflect on this reality from his Middle Eastern perspective.

Do minor changes in a marriage liturgy make a marriage invalid? That is the question the Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Families pondered over. Now, it has reached a conclusion.

Does the Hungarian government send the homeless people back to the streets of Budapest? Thousands will die if the government insists on stopping the Methodist funding. The church struggles with the “corrupt” Orban government about tax revenues for welfare work.