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Seeking asylum is a human right, Lutheran and Catholic bishops in the Nordic countries insist and EU member States have both a legal commitment and a moral obligation to support people escaping from oppression and persecution. In the image, Oreokastro refugee camp outside of Thessaloniki, Greece. Photo: Håvard Bjelland/Kirkens Nødhjelp
Lutheran and Catholic leaders call on EU to support refugees
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11 Mar 2020
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11 Mar 2020
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Moments after this photograph was taken a bomb was thrown into the church. No one was harmed. Photo: IELCH
Molotov Bomb Thrown into Congregation In Chile
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10 Mar 2020
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10 Mar 2020
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LWF General Secretary says he is “distressed” by the “unsettling scenes at the Turkey-EU borders, particularly in Greece, where people from Syria and from other parts of the world are being treated inhumanely and are left in an unbearable limbo. Photo: Klara Tarr/ELCH
Recalling Europe’s responsibility to protect refugees
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10 Mar 2020
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10 Mar 2020
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The LWF is calling upon its member churches to work towards gender just communities, where all women and men can flourish. In this photo, participants at the Women Advocacy Training, 1st November 2019 Photo: LWF/S. Gallay
Strengthen efforts for gender justice and women’s empowerment
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9 Mar 2020
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9 Mar 2020
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Gender Justice is “a matter of life or death”, so both men and women must work together “to break the silence” about gender-based violence and commit to work toward gender justice. Rev Elitha Moyo, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe and Rev. Dr Martin Junge, General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson
Men's voices vital in quest for gender justice
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6 Mar 2020
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6 Mar 2020
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Journalists interview LWF General Secretary Martin Junge following a meeting with government officials in Harare. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson
Churches called to combat exclusion, discrimination
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5 Mar 2020
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5 Mar 2020
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A woman films the ecumenical service while LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge delivers a sermon. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson
LWF General Secretary on solidarity visit to Zimbabwe
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4 Mar 2020
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4 Mar 2020
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Bishop Ibrahim Azar of ELCJHL and LWF Country representative Sieglinde Weinbrenner shake hands after signing the MOU. Photo: LWF Jerusalem
LWF Jerusalem centralizes its vocational training in Ramallah
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3 Mar 2020
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3 Mar 2020
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The LWF held a memorial service for Malagasy Lutheran Church female theologian Hélène Ralivao, in Geneva’s Ecumenical Center chapel. Photo: Gustav Steensland/VID
Malagasy church mourns loss of pioneer for women’s rights and dignity
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28 Feb 2020
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28 Feb 2020
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