The French Huguenot church in Bern is celebrating its 400th anniversary this year. As a bridge builder between languages and cultures, the French church developed into an important cultural community.

"I feel more threatened than ever", Michel Friedman says. Living as a Jew in Germany, he experiences everyday encounters as "riskier".

The war in Israel and the Gaza Strip is far away from Europe. However, the conflict causes rising tensions in many European countries.

The recent scandal about alleged abuse that happened 20 years ago at a Christian school in Switzerland has brought Christian schools in the country under suspicion.

Pupils were beaten with a belt, at this Christian school. Not once or twice, but regularly, a Swiss documentary claims. "We knew that if you were quiet during the beating and didn't make a sound, it would be over after 3 or 4 hits. However, if you rebel, you will be beaten until you calmed down."

A German doctor cannot import suicide drugs from Switzerland to accommodate patients with a death wish.

In the past, children were all baptised in a church during a special service. Nowadays, the sacrament can also be administered on an Alp, in a river or in a garden.

A Swiss socialist accuses a Christian bookstore of homophobia. Meanwhile, the shop is taking countermeasures.

LGBT people should have a "safe space" when they are dead. That is the opinion of various LGBT organisations in the Swiss city of Zürich. The initiative is met with criticism.

David Bouillon, a Swiss professor of practical theology, has a special assignment for his students: write Psalm 151.