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Iceland’s pastor for immigrants and asylum seekers Church seeks to ‘welcome the stranger’ as numbers of foreigners rise in the Nordic nation
LWF marks World Interfaith Harmony Week Online resources and round table discussion highlight commitment to building ‘healthy interreligious relations’
LWF congratulates Church of Norway’s new leader Olav Fykse Tveit appointed as Presiding Bishop of his native country
LWF and WCC issue joint appeal to Nigerian president After killing of pastor, concern about surge of extremist violence
Remembering history with an openness to the future Lutherans and Catholics to jointly mark 500th anniversary of Luther’s excommunication
Liberia: Education ‘secret to post-war reconciliation’ Churches contribute to SDGs through Waking the Giant initiative
Christian unity week calls for kindness to strangers LWF’s new head of ecumenical relations reflects on prayer, liturgy and reconciliation
New prize to recognize commitment to ecumenical relations Strasbourg Institute announces Harding Meyer Prize in Ecumenism
Interdisciplinary conference on sustainability and the climate Faith leaders, educators and scientists explore the potential for practical cooperation