Church of Sweden Articles

Swedish Bishop Claims to Have ‘More in Common with Muslims’ Than ‘Right-Wing Christians’

Controversial Bishop of Stockholm Eva Brunne revealed that she not only has a distaste for right-wing Christians, but claims to have more in common with Muslims.

The Bishop of Stockholm, Eva Brunne, poses for a picture at her office in Stockholm, Sweden on February 5, 2016. Eva Brunne, a female pastor, has been named by Sweden's Lutheran Church as the country's first openly homosexual bishop on November 8, 2009. / AFP / JONATHAN NACKSTRAND / TO …

Sweden’s Lund Cathedral Will Host First Catholic Mass Since the Reformation

A Catholic Mass will be celebrated next October in the medieval cathedral of Lund, where Catholics have not worshiped since the days of the Reformation.

In this May 29, 2013 photo, a priest blesses the wine and bread as he celebrates Mass at a Catholic church in Caracas, Venezuela. Church officials say food shortages and foreign exchange restrictions are causing a lack of ingredients needed to celebrate Mass: altar wine as well as wheat to …