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Image Lampedusa, la porta d'Europa. Photo: Migrant Drownings: LWF Expresses Its Shock and Distress Renews Call for a European Welcome GENEVA, 7 October 2013 (LWI) – Lutheran World Federation General Secretary Rev. Martin Junge has expressed shock and distress at the latest tragic drownings of migrants seeking to reach the…
Image Bishop Ulrich and Pope Francis during the audience in the Vatican. Photo: VaticanPress “A momentum which is irreversible” German Lutherans meet LWF member church and Pope Francis in Italy (LWI) - "We have experienced a lot of encouragement for the ecumenical journey of Lutherans and Catholics worldwide," the chairman of the…
Image The âOspedale Evangelico Betaniaâ in Naples, Italy. Photo: Michele Attanasio Hospital in Naples marks half century of ‘open arms’ Villa Betania Evangelical Hospital provides care for poor and undocumented migrants (LWI) - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Italy (CELI), a member of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), has been…
Image LWFâs World Service Department director, Maria Immonen and the Secretary General of Caritas Internationalis, Aloysius John. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson Lutherans and Catholics: Common Vision for joint service LWF’s World Service and Caritas Internationalis recommit to “stand together for the sake of the neighbor” (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and Caritas Internationalis (CI), the global…
