To live is to suffer, isn't it? Grief is a fact of life. We often feel lonely, ache, and weep. And we also get angry at the world's pain and ask: How come there is so much suffering in the world?

As a doctor, Päivi Räsänen learned that a bed-ridden person has a critical task in society: to train us in neighbourly love. Now, as a politician in Finland, she faces a debate about euthanasia.

Music is powerful. It is part of the human communication. This is why music plays such an important role during the Christmas season.

Around 450 believers had gathered at the European Parliament for the annual European Prayer Breakfast.

Good news is no news. That is what cynical journalists say. But for a Christian, this is not all, says pastor René Breuel in his first CNE column.