Category - sweden

Believers, doubters and cynics invited on to new Swedish prayer site

Stephen Brown — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:39:51 +0100

The (Lutheran) Church of Sweden is inviting people to post prayer and intercession requests to a new interactive web page. It complements a television advertising campaign.

An open letter from an open prison

Martin Smedjeback — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:12:40 +0100

An activist from one of our partner organisations Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) writes about his life in prison, after he was jailed for breaking into an arms factory and disabling weapons.

Sweden officially approves gender neutral marriage

staff writers — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:23:34 +0100

Sweden's parliament has backed a proposal to introduce gender-neutral marriage, becoming the fifth European country to do so. The Church of Sweden will bless same-sex unions but not call them marriage.

Christian peacemakers given jail sentence in Sweden

agency reporter — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:14:02 +0000

A Swedish court has sentenced two Christian peacemakers to four months in prison. It comes after they broke into a Swedish factory last Autumn and disarmed lethal weapons.

Muslim and Christian women work for 'peace through religion'

agency reporter — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:29:06 +0100

Twenty Christian and Muslim women will meet together in Gothenburg, Sweden, at the beginning of next month, as part of an ongoing practical dialogue and conflict transformation process called 'Moving towards peace through religion'.