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Participants in the 2019 LWF Peace Messengers training workshop in Tallinn, Estonia. Photo: LWF/S.Kit

Young peacemakers key to post-pandemic world

Webinar showcases vital role of young people in advancing interfaith solidarity, peace and security

(LWI) - Young peacemakers from different countries and diverse religious communities held an online brainstorming session on 1 December to…

Pope Francis and LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge at the Joint Commemoration of the Reformation in MalmÃ¶ Arena. Photo: Church of Sweden

“A solidarity woven into life by God’s mercy”

LWF General Secretary writes foreword to new publication by Pope Francis

(LWI) - LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge has written the foreword to a new publication by Pope Francis “Il cielo sulla terra. Amare e servire per…

Landscape in Amhara province, the state bordering Tigray, Ethiopia. Photo: LWF/ C. KÃ¤stner

Churches express deep solidarity with Ethiopia

Ecumenical organizations send pastoral letter to churches and people of Ethiopia facing multiple challenges

(LWI) - Ecumenical organizations have sent a pastoral letter of solidarity to the churches and people of Ethiopia, expressing…

The Federation of Evangelical Women in Italy focuses on womenâs health and wellbeing in a dossier for the 16 Days of activism to end gender-based violence. Photo: Unsplash/Christopher Campbell

Italian Protestants publish women’s health dossier

For 16 Days campaign, Evangelical Women in Italy shine spotlight on women’s health in light of COVID pandemic

(LWI) - Women’s health, from life in the womb, through puberty to menopause, is the subject of a series of…

An Afghan refugee family in a Greek refugee camp, 2015. Photo: LWF/ J. Schreier

"Blessing and opportunity for Europe”

Regional inter-religious conference to protect children on the move

(LWI) - “Faith actors have a key role to keep the moral compass of Europe in check.” Rev Dr Sivin Kit, LWF Program Executive for Public Theology and Interreligious…

The Rt. Rev. Emmanuel Murye, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Kajo â Keji, South Sudan, talks to South Sudanese refugees in Uganda during in a road drive campaign with LWF to inform them about COVID-19 and hygiene measures. Photo: LWF/ K. Logi

Dealing with COVID-19 in a faith context

Webinar explores "Dialogue despite distance" in exceptional times

(LWI) - "COVID-19 has become something like a magnifying glass that has exposed the state of some of the seams that hold together the fabric of human life and relationships…

âWe cannot erase our history of division, but we can make it part of our story of reconciliation,â write the President of the PCPCU, Cardinal Kurt Koch, and the General Secretary of the LWF, Reverend Dr Martin Junge, in a joint foreword to the Italian edition of the JDDJ. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Reaffirmed commitment to path from conflict to communion

New Italian version of JDDJ on 500th Anniversary of Martin Luther’s Excommunication

The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) are pleased to announce today the publication of the…

Grandchamp sisters join hands with visitors to the community before the start of the Coronavirus pandemic. Photo: All photos by Grandchamp Community

Christian unity: way of life for Grandchamp sisters

Ecumenical community in Switzerland prepared prayers and reflections for annual Week of Prayer

(LWI) - Working for Christian unity means being grounded in your own identity and thereby being open to other people’s opinions. That’s not…

Prof. Dr Dirk Lange, LWFâs Assistant General Secretary for Ecumenical Relations. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

Ecumenical partnerships in a post-pandemic world

At the end of the Week of Prayer, we look ahead to highlights and hopes for progress towards Christian unity

(LWI) - 2020 was a challenging year for the churches, but especially for those working in ecumenical relationships which are “so…

Faith-based organizations gather for a vigil, as COP25 is about to draw to a close, praying that negotiations will bear fruit, bringing about urgent and just action to find a way out of the climate crisis. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Ecumenical imperative to protect our common home

Webinar to launch Season of Creation focuses on practical ways of working together for Christian unity

(LWI) - The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity may have ended on 25 January, but the task of praying and working together to protect…

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