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“Wear a mask. Respect the regulations and restrictions. The disease is still out there.” This is Ms Sandrine Ilunga’s message to fellow youth, as DRC eases COVID-19 restrictions and her church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Congo, reaches out to students and their families. PHOTO: ELCCo
COVID-19: DRC church keeps students and their families protected
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15 Oct 2020
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15 Oct 2020
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Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Rastafari representatives discuss faith perspectives on debt relief, inequality, reparations and reconciliation. Photo: LWF
Interfaith appeals for fairer economic system
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14 Oct 2020
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14 Oct 2020
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Kavre District, Nepal: Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
Asia: Strengthening communion relations in time of pandemic
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13 Oct 2020
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13 Oct 2020
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The World Association for Christian Communication has published a new report on countering hate speech online. Photo: Unsplash/Dan Edge
Turning hate speech into ‘hope speech’
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13 Oct 2020
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13 Oct 2020
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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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