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LWF 2025 Advent calendar: Messages of Faith Daily messages of encouragement from across the Lutheran communion
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Strasbourg Institute hosts Lutheran Orthodox dialogue meeting Lutheran Orthodox Commission members hold preparatory meeting at Strasbourg’s Institute for Ecumenical Research
Faith leaders to G20: Stop ecological destruction, end debt crisis LWF and partners call on G20 leaders to prioritize people and the planet to create a fairer, climate-resilient world
COP30: LWF to highlight impact of faith-rooted climate action LWF delegation to UN climate conference seeks to promote evidence-based advocacy
Christians must make God’s unity and reconciliation visible LWF General Secretary Burghardt reflects on Christian unity at close of Sixth Faith and Order Conference in Egypt