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Image A nurse at the Villa Betania Evangelical Hospital wearing full protective gear to fight the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Photo: Brandmaker COVID-19: Saving lives at Protestant Hospital in Naples, Italy Churches in China, America and Germany offer support and funding to meet short and longer-term challenges (LWI) - A couple of weeks ago, Cordelia Vitiello recalls, families from Naples were out on the beaches, relaxing and chatting with…
Image Children from the Quartieri Spagnoli area of Naples enjoy football training as part of an education project to help them learn vital life skills Photo: Caroline von der Tann/ELCI COVID-19: Breaking the cycle of poverty for young people in Naples The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Italy provides short-term aid and long-term opportunities for vulnerable families (LWI) - In Italy, the first European country to be affected by the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), restrictions are…
Image LWF President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert Unexpected joy during an unprecedented Christmas LWF President Musa shared LWF’s 2020 Christmas Message (LWI) – In a Christmas season marked by uncertainty and fear from the unfamiliar and unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Christians are invited to trust in the promise…