Christian perspectives on Christmas vary greatly and even among evangelical churches. Why does Italy approach the holiday in different ways? The answers lie within our history and culture.

When your children attend public school in a big city, the Christmas season becomes a lesson in how to live as Christians in a secular world.

Early morning, October 3rd, 2013: All seems calm on the small island of Lampedusa, in the south of Sicily. Yet, a few miles off the shores, a major disaster is taking place.

In modern Rome's diffident and suspicious atmosphere, René Breuel and his wife Sarah have founded an Evangelical church inspired by Tim Keller's example. In the time ahead, René Breuel will regularly contribute columns to CNE.news.

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.