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Image Participants at the panel discussion on the 2017 Reformation anniversary. Photo: Gerhard Frey-Reininghaus Jubilee of Lutheran – Catholic Dialogue Is a Time to Express Hope PCPCU President Cardinal Koch Speaks at LWF European Church Leaders’ Conference (LWI) – Celebrating 50 years of the international dialogue between Roman Catholics and Lutherans in 2017 is a critical way of remembering conflicts…
Image Ms Maria Immonen, director of LWF World Service, said practical ecumenical collaboration, âshows that faith and life are inseparable.â Lutherans and Catholics: Together we can work miracles The head of LWF World Service encourages closer cooperation at Caritas Internationalis General Assembly (LWI) - Practical collaboration between Lutherans and Catholics is vital because it represents the visible consequence of ecumenical…
Image Illustration by Volha Prankevich on behalf of Annenkirche (the Church of St. Anna), Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia. 2019 LWF Christmas message: Light in the darkness Invitation to Christians to make "the light of Christ visible and transformational" (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa invites Christians to make “the…
Image Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert 2020 New Year Message: So that all have life in abundance “In times of exclusionary populism, silence is never an option” (LWI) - In his New Year message, the General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Rev. Dr Martin Junge calls on churches to bear witness to the gospel message…
Image LWF President Archbishop Dr. Panti Filibus Musa and Pope Francis. Photo credit: Vatican media With passion on the journey from conflict to communion LWF leaders meet with Pope Francis in the Vatican, look ahead to 500th anniversary of Augsburg Confession (LWI) - Meeting with Pope Francis in the Vatican on 25 June, both the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) President Archbishop Dr. Panti…
