Friday, 24 June 2016 10:40
IS fighters heading for Europe
On Wednesday Belgian police received an anti-terror alert warning that a group of Islamic State fighters recently left Syria and are planning attacks in Belgium and France. There are no immediate plans to raise the security…
Friday, 24 June 2016 10:33
Football and Christian outreach
Paul Moynan, a policy advisor working in the European Parliament and the writer of Canopy of Prayer, asks us not only to continue to pray for the safety of the Euro 2016 tournament but also to…
Friday, 17 June 2016 11:57
France: Euro 2016
Football fans are clashing with each other and the French police. People are being arrested, hospitalised, and some sent home after continued brawling in and around Marseille and Lille. Hundreds of French riot police have been…
Friday, 17 June 2016 11:56
Europe: answers to prayer
There are positive and encouraging developments in the Church as evangelicals grow in strength, confidence and a sense of identity in most countries. This is demonstrated by the increase in an evangelical presence in mainline churches,…
Friday, 10 June 2016 12:24
Attacks planned on Euro 2016
On 4 June Ukraine’s security service said that a French citizen detained in late May on the border with Poland had been planning attacks in France to coincide with the Euro 2016 football championship. The unnamed…
Friday, 10 June 2016 12:20
Italy: lawmakers defy Church over same-sex union
In Italy, the very birthplace of Roman Catholicism, a bill that contradicts the teaching of the Bible has been overwhelmingly approved by lawmakers, allowing the civil union of same-sex couples amid widespread strong objections, especially from…