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LWF New Year Message: ‘Seek peace and pursue it’ General Secretary Junge invites Lutheran churches to be peacebuilders
Youth in Taizé: Be builders of hospitality and hope LWF General Secretary sends message to young people at European Encounter in Madrid
Churches accompany ex-combatant communities through delicate peace process FARC ex-combatants live fragile peace in Colombia
Hospital in Naples marks half century of ‘open arms’ Villa Betania Evangelical Hospital provides care for poor and undocumented migrants
2018 LWF Christmas message: “Do not be afraid” Archbishop Musa invites Christians to conquer fear of others
Liberia’s Thursdays in Black campaign amplifies efforts to end gender-based violence Lutheran Bishop Seyenkulo sees “potential to change our world for the better”
Government thanks Liberia’s faith-based organizations for education and peacebuilding LWF ‘Waking the Giant’ program launched in Monrovia