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St Anna Lutheran Church in St Petersburg. Photo: Ekaterina Borisova via Wikimedia (CC-BY-SA)
Belarus artist depicts miracle of Incarnation
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19 Dec 2019
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19 Dec 2019
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A new publication features German perspectives on Lutheran theology. Photo: LWF/A. Weyermüller
English translation of German theological perspectives
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18 Dec 2019
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18 Dec 2019
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Refugees at Nadapal transit centre close to the South Sudanese border. Photo: LWF/ C. Kästner
Refugees living in Kenya speak up at UN
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18 Dec 2019
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18 Dec 2019
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As COP25 is about to draw to a close, hundreds of young people mobilize through Fridays for Future in a strike for the climate, inside and outside the venue of COP25 in Madrid, calling for urgent action for climate justice. All photos: LWF/Albin Hillert
COP25 in pictures
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17 Dec 2019
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17 Dec 2019
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Rev. Dr Sivin Kit, LWF Program Executive for Public Theology and Interreligious Relations speaking at a Global Refugee Forum side event on scaling up a culture of encounter with people seeking refuge, held in Geneva. Photo:: LWF/A. Danielsson
Faith-based action for people on the move
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17 Dec 2019
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17 Dec 2019
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Award to church in Costa Rica for refugee response
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16 Dec 2019
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16 Dec 2019
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LWF participants at COP25 – among them, representatives of LWF member churches in Latin America – join ecumenical partners in illustrating the lack of balance in finance of the global climate response, where most of the finance is put into mitigation, some into adaptation, but very little into the so-called loss and damage, even though 'that's where the people are'. All photos: LWF/Albin Hillert
“We must hear the cry of the Earth”
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13 Dec 2019
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13 Dec 2019
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Illustration by Volha Prankevich on behalf of Annenkirche (the Church of St. Anna), Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia.
2019 LWF Christmas message: Light in the darkness
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13 Dec 2019
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13 Dec 2019
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A member of a women’s group with the Abhilasha Federation, shares her views during an empowerment training seminar focusing on the role of women in community development, leadership and economic empowerment, in Shahpur, Betul, Madhya Pradesh, India. Photo: ELC WESA PROJECT
No justification for violence against women
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12 Dec 2019
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12 Dec 2019
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