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The Netherlands tougher on migration after granting asylum to Armenian family

As European election approach, the government led by Mark Rutte is tightening up asylum regulations

25/02/2019

Europe News

Germany's SPD wants to extend freeze on weapons sales to Saudi Arabia

Despite pushback from the UK and France, Germany's Social Democrat Party wishes to extend the halt on arms sales to Saudi Arabia.

25/02/2019

World News

Pope Francis leads conference on sex abuse at Vatican

Some 200 senior Church officials were convened by Pope Francis to confront what he has called the scourge of sexual abuse by the clergy.

23/02/2019

World

Pope leads four-day summit into sexual abuse in Catholic Church

Pope Francies leads a four-day summit in the Vatican into sexual abuse in the Catholic Church

21/02/2019

World

Vatican summit opens on child sex abuse in Catholic Church

The Vatican is holding a four-day summit called by Pope Francis to tackle the Catholic Church's long-standing crisis.

19/02/2019

France

Pope's envoy to France under investigation for sexual assault

Luigi Ventura, 74, allegedly "caressed in an insistent and repeated manner" a city hall staffer's buttocks during a January 17 ceremony in Paris.

15/02/2019

United Kingdom

Nun on the run! 'Joan of Leeds' faked own death to go on sex rampage

Nun on the run! Historians find record of 'Joan of Leeds' who faked her own death to escape convent and 'pursue way of carnal lust'

14/02/2019

World News

Europe briefing: 8 stories to know about today

We look back at the top stories from around Europe that you need to know about today.

07/01/2019

Sweden

As cash goes extinct in Sweden, the church moves to adapt

Many banks and businesses in Sweden no longer accept cash and the church is adapting so that people can continue to donate

25/12/2018

United Kingdom

What's the story behind church fashion?

Throughout history, embroidered clothes from the church clergy have dazzled many. But there's a reason why they are ornate - the fabric tells the many stories from the Bible during a time when the congregation was largely illiterate

18/12/2018

Romania

As its 150-year cathedral project nears completion, Romania's church seeks to rebuild trust

Romania's orthodox church imposes itself on Bucharest as it battles to retain influence across society.

14/12/2018

Russia

Service with a snap: church uses crocodiles to attract new recruits

Service with a snap: church uses crocodiles to attract new recruits

29/10/2018

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Prayers on wheels — the mobile church with hop-on services

For many worshippers living in the remote regions of Russia's Tatarstan republic, the Zainsk church is a journey too far.

16/09/2018

World News

Europe briefing: 5 stories to know about today

The latest news and updates from Euronews as they happened this morning.

14/09/2018

Living

Greece's last bell makers keep dying trade alive

The Galanopoulos family has started the business in the 1800s.

20/07/2018

United Kingdom

The sermon that made us sit up and listen

The sermon is the part of a wedding that many of us skip over. But Rev Michael Curry had us all captivated for 14 minutes at the wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle.

19/05/2018

Europe News

Marking the start of Ramadan - in a Brussels church

Muslims join together with Jews and Christians to celebrate Muslim Holy Month

18/05/2018

Germany

Compulsory crucifixes in Bavaria spark controversy

Move by Merkel's sister party seen as divisive

27/04/2018

France

Trebes mourns day that changed the little town forever

Many people packed into the small church in Trebes this Palm Sunday after terror came to their town this week.

25/03/2018

World News

Israel backtracks in church tax row

It follows a protest by Christian leaders in Jerusalem who closed the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

27/02/2018