Sweden: Jan Byström, husband and father, formerly a Lutheran pastor, ordained Catholic priest of the diocese of Stockholm

Sweden: Card. Arborelius, a book on the “mysticism of everyday life” for “God is never far away”

Sweden: Lent of solidarity, €187,000 raised. They will go to the people of Yemen through Caritas Poland

Sweden: Church leaders write to government. Need for “more consistent anti-Covid measures. Why are only 8 people allowed in Uppsala Cathedral?

Sweden: the government promotes an independent institute for human rights. Lindhagen (MP), “the equality of all persons is increasingly questioned”

Europe. Coronavirus: Advent online but not “virtual”

Christmas season traditions are being reshaped because of the pandemic. Nevertheless, Europe as a whole is marked by the willingness…

Sweden: no more than 8 people at Mass. Card. Arborelius to the congregation, “a drastic but painful step. And there are greater sufferings in the world”

COVID-19 Coronavirus: responses from Churches in Sweden, Finland and Estonia. Diocese of Stockholm suspending liturgies and catechesis

Sweden: church vandalised in Göteborg. Card. Arborelius, news that gives “pain and dismay”

Coronavirus Covid-19: stricter rules in Denmark. Sweden relaxes rules for celebrations

Sweden: growing religious intolerance. The Churches: “Full solidarity with Muslims in our Country”

Copies of the Koran burned in public squares, riots and clashes in the streets, racist rhetoric, episodes of xenophobia. Winds…