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.

Some use emotional narratives in the march against abortion, but Ivan Grech Mintoff prefers to bring out the law. Malta is one of the few E.U. states to have an almost complete abortion ban, but the topic remains widely debated among pro-abortion groups and political parties.

Chiara had always known that her church in Italy had some connection with “Lausanne 1974”. But that became more concrete when she visited the Fourth Lausanne Congress in Seoul, last month.