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During the award ceremony of the Augsburg Peace Prize: (from left) Augsburg mayor Eva Weber, former president of the Federal Republic of Germany Joachim Gauck, Reinhard Cardinal Marx, and Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm. Photo: Ruth Plössel/Stadt Augsburg
The prophetic courage of joint witness and action
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12 Oct 2020
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12 Oct 2020
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Headquarters of the International Monetary Fund in Washington D.C. Photo: Public domain
Debt cancellation: a moral imperative during pandemic
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12 Oct 2020
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12 Oct 2020
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Traditionally baked Ethiopian bread being shared out with participants at a global consultation on Lutheran identities in Addis Abeba in October 2019. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
Spirituality at the heart of Lutheran identity
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9 Oct 2020
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9 Oct 2020
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Daw Ma Saw Myint, head teacher of an LWF-run temporary Learning Space in Myanmar, experienced herself the limited opportunities for girls and women. She is trying to keep adolescent girls in school. Photo: LWF/ S. Thandar
COVID-19: Empower girls to determine their future
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8 Oct 2020
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8 Oct 2020
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Representatives of different Christian churches and ecumenical organizations gathered online to mark the closing of the 2020 Season of Creation and pray for a ‘Jubilee for the Earth’. Photo: LWF/JC Valeriano
Christian leaders pray for reconciliation and ‘Jubilee for the Earth'
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7 Oct 2020
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7 Oct 2020
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The first group of eight students at the new ICT center of the Nepal Evangelical Lutheran Church in the southeastern city of Biratnagar. Photo: NELC
Nepalese church opens ICT center to promote youth employment
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6 Oct 2020
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6 Oct 2020
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LWF General Secretary Martin Junge addressed the Faith for Nature conference which is taking place in Skálholt, Iceland, via video stream. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay
Creation is a gift, not a commodity
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6 Oct 2020
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6 Oct 2020
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Children demonstrate hand washing at Kakuma refugee camp; Kenya. LWF has reinforced hygiene education to prevent a spread of COVID-19 in the camp. Photo: LWF/ P. Omagwa
COVID-19: Responding when social distancing isn’t an option
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5 Oct 2020
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5 Oct 2020
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Vibrant and beautiful worship at the Njube Centre parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe. LWF General Secretary Martin Junge preached, local choirs sang beautifully and young people from the church offered powerful testimony to a society peace. Ecumenical partners of the ELCZ participated in the service. From 29 February-4 March 2020 the LWF General Secretary and a high level delegation visited Zimbabwe, its churches and people, to show solidarity and offer encouragement. Photo: L
Worshiping together on Reformation Day
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5 Oct 2020
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