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Recipients of the honorary degree from Faculdades EST: from left to right, Dr Maricel Mena-López, Dr Nancy Cardoso, Rev. Dr Lori Altmann, Rev. Dr Mercedes Garcia Bachmann and Dr Wanda Deifelt. Photos: Private

Recipients of the honorary degree from Faculdades EST: from left to right, Dr Maricel Mena-López, Dr Nancy Cardoso, Rev. Dr Lori Altmann, Rev. Dr Mercedes Garcia Bachmann and Dr Wanda Deifelt. Photos: Private

Latin American women honored for theological research

Brazil’s Faculdades EST awards honorary degree to five theologians from different Christian traditions

(LWI) - Five renowned Latin American women from different Christian traditions will be awarded an honorary degree by Faculdades EST,…

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25 Aug 2021
For many Indigenous people, round things in nature represent the circle of life and all creation. Often, this motive is taken up in the round shape of their dwelling places and homes. Photo: Verónica Álvarez via Unsplash

For many Indigenous people, round things in nature represent the circle of life and all creation. Often, this motive is taken up in the round shape of their dwelling places and homes. Photo: Verónica Álvarez via Unsplash

Season of Creation 2021: “Challenge the world to care for all creation”

Opening prayer with representatives from across the ecumenical family 

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), together with ecumenical partners worldwide, opened the Season of Creation with…

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02 Sep 2021
A group of nursery gardeners, themselves Nigerian refugees, work in a tree nursery in the Minawao camp for Nigerian refugees in Cameroon in 2019. Planted across 20 so-called ‘green spaces’, a five-year planting and harvest cycle provides firewood, vines for building roofs, and a step in alleviating environmental impact in and around Minawao. The refugees are supported by the LWF, together with a range of partners. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

A group of nursery gardeners, themselves Nigerian refugees, work in a tree nursery in the Minawao camp for Nigerian refugees in Cameroon in 2019. Planted across 20 so-called ‘green spaces’, a five-year planting and harvest cycle provides firewood, vines for building roofs, and a step in alleviating environmental impact in and around Minawao. The refugees are supported by the LWF, together with a range of partners. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Human Rights Council: LWF calls for Special Rapporteur on human rights and climate change

Strengthening an international response to climate change in compliance with human rights

(LWI) – As part of the Geneva Interfaith Forum on Climate Change, Environment and Human Rights (GIF), The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has called…

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15 Sep 2021
At the 2019 Peace Messengers international training workshop in Tallinn, Estonia, Juan Carlos Orantes Rodríguez (left) and Oneyda Elizabeth Fuentes Rivera, sharing about the church’s role in peacebuilding in El Salvador. Photo: LWF/S. Kit

At the 2019 Peace Messengers international training workshop in Tallinn, Estonia, Juan Carlos Orantes Rodríguez (left) and Oneyda Elizabeth Fuentes Rivera, sharing about the church’s role in peacebuilding in El Salvador. Photo: LWF/S. Kit

International Day of Peace: LWF calls for proposals of youth-led projects

LWF invites churches to advance the role of young people in peacebuilding

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has invited young people in its member churches to propose projects that advance the promotion of peace in their…

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21 Sep 2021
Diocese of Lund Bishop Johan Tyrberg and a delegation of pastors and deans visiting the LWF Communion Office, hosted by General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

Diocese of Lund Bishop Johan Tyrberg and a delegation of pastors and deans visiting the LWF Communion Office, hosted by General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

Lund ecumenical commemoration has inspired local initiatives

LWF and Diocese of Lund leaders reflect on joint efforts for peace and reconciliation

(LWI) – Almost five years since the historic commemoration of 500 years of the Reformation in Sweden, there is a growing spirit of ecumenism and…

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24 Sep 2021
Erika Rodning from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada illustrates the lack of balance in finance of the global climate response during a stunt at COP25 in Madrid, Spain. Most of the finance is put into mitigation, some into adaptation, but very little into loss and damage, even though “that's where the people are

Erika Rodning from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada illustrates the lack of balance in finance of the global climate response during a stunt at COP25 in Madrid, Spain. Most of the finance is put into mitigation, some into adaptation, but very little into loss and damage, even though “that's where the people are

COP26: Climate crisis requires urgent action

Call to sign a petition addressed at COP presidency

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), with the Global Action and Prayer Chain for Climate Justice, is calling on governments to…

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14 Oct 2021

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