Lutheran-Orthodox dialogue commission meets in Albania

(LWI) - Discussions between Lutheran and Orthodox theologians on the role of the Holy Spirit in the life of the Church have…

Interview with Rev. Adita Torres Lescano, Pastor President of the Lutheran Church of Peru

(LWI) – Rev. Adita Torres Lescano has been living and working in the…

Ecumenical Institute in Strasbourg hosts first seminar on basics of ecumenism

(LWI) - “Many ecumenical issues have been worked on and there have been a number of dialogues in the last decades,” says Prof. Dr Jennifer Wasmuth, Director of…

Ecumenical delegates discuss challenges of Amazon region 

(LWI) – Brazilian pastor Rev. Nicolau Nascimento de Paiva met with Argentinean Pope Francis in the Vatican recently as one of the ecumenical delegates attending the Catholic Church…

(LWI) - On 31 October, Reformation Day, churches around the world gather to celebrate their Lutheran heritage, many of them including ecumenical friends to mark this year’s 20th anniversary of the landmark Joint…

Winter clothes and trauma workshops

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) through Caritas Internationalis will support people in Syria with winter clothing, relief goods and trauma workshops. “…

Interview with LWF Council member Bettina Westfeld 

(LWI) – As a child, Bettina Westfeld (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony) lived in the German Democratic Republic (…

Ecumenical prayer service observed during COP25

(LWI) - Christians from around the globe gathered with local congregants in the Iglesia de Jesús in central Madrid on Sunday, for an ecumenical prayer service during…

LWF delegates zero in on rights, justice, equity

(LWI) - It’s Human Rights Day, and as negotiations at the United Nations climate meeting (COP25) in Madrid approach their most intense phase,…

LWF pledges at Global Refugee Forum

(LWI) - Together with many partners, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is bringing the voice of faith-based organizations to the Global Refugee Forum,…