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Strasbourg Institute director Dieter to receive 2017 Ratzinger Prize Recognition for contribution to Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification
Creative interfaith training for a new generation LWF and Indonesian institute build on a dialogical model to affirm diversity
Equipping youth as interfaith messengers of peace LWF training in Jerusalem paves way for a global toolkit
Lutheran, Mennonite and Catholic team finalizes report on baptism Current phase of trilateral dialogue concludes
LWF General Secretary Junge to receive 2017 Augsburg Peace Prize Recognition of a “patient bridge-builder between the continents”
Palestinian Bishop Munib Younan receives Niwano Peace Prize Calls for robust moderation that rejects all forms of extremism
Theologians tasked to remove obstacles that hinder enjoyment of unity LWF General Secretary Junge praises Lutheran-Catholic Commission at its 50th anniversary
Celebrating 50 years of Lutheran-Catholic dialogue Commission on Unity to finalize draft report on Baptism and Growth in Communion
Gender-based violence concerns "all of humanity" Faith-based organizations affirm greater engagement in fighting for women’s rights
“In the pursuit of communion and common witness” LWF and WCRC sign the Wittenberg Witness, as WCRC joins JDDJ
Reorienting ourselves – From Conflict to Communion LWF General Secretary Martin Junge maps out next steps in the Lutheran-Catholic dialogue