European Union calendar omits Christian holidays

January 27, 2011

NEW YORK — An “educational” calendar for students in the European Union (EU) left off Christian holidays like Christmas and Easter, while noting Jewish and

Egypt’s ambassador recalled, angry at pope’s remarks

January 20, 2011

VATICAN CITY — The government of Egypt recalled its ambassador to the Vatican on Jan. 11 to protest a demand by Pope Benedict XVI that

British branch of YWCA drops ‘Christian’ from name

January 20, 2011

LONDON — The British branch of the YWCA has dropped “Christian” from its official name because it “no longer stood for what we are or

European court rules no right to abortion

January 13, 2011

Pro-life advocates welcomed a legal ruling that refused to find there is a European right to abortion in a case that had been labeled the

Germany: Two-day Christmas: ‘Feast for family, feast of peace’

December 23, 2010

Klaus Rösler works as an editor for various Christian magazines and press services, including the European Baptist Press Service, a department of the European Baptist

United Kingdom: Christmas in United Kingdom often a retail race

December 23, 2010

Mark Woods is editor of The Baptist Times, a weekly newspaper associated with the Baptist Union of Great Britain. Christmas in the United Kingdom is

Poland: Common meal characterizes Polish Christmas

December 23, 2010

Daniël Trusiewicz of Poland oversees the European Baptist Federation’s Indigenous Missionary Project, an effort to facilitate evangelism and planting new Baptist churches in Europe, the