“The graveyard of missionaries.” That is how Belgium is called, oftentimes. And not without cause. For a long time, this country has been rather resistant to the Gospel.

Many are confronted with euthanasia when a loved one wants to "pull the plug", or their family must accept a death wish. Euthanasia and assisted suicide are currently popular topics within European countries right now.

When a pregnancy happens, many feel tempted to pop the old question: a boy or a girl? Early ultrasounds turn out to facilitate sex-selective terminations.

Churches think that they transmit values. Of course, they do. But churches forget that the stories for life are much stronger educated in a school. That is what Frédéric Gérard sees in Belgium where he is connected to a network of Protestant schools.

“Travelling circus.” That might be a buzz word in the weeks leading up to the European elections in June.