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South Sudanese refugee, Rose Nathike Lokonyen, runs the 800-metres for the Refugee Olympic Team at Rio 2016. Photo: UNHCR/Benjamin Loyseau

Refugees journey to the Olympic Games

LWF joins UNHCR call to support refugee athletes

(LWI) - Leading up to the Olympic summer games in Tokyo, Japan, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has released a…

Patients receive Dialysis treatment at the Augusta Victoria Hospital. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert.

LWF welcomes plans for restoration of U.S. assistance for East Jerusalem hospitals

“Support for critical and life-saving work”

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) welcomes plans for the restoration of U.S. funding to the Palestinians, which will include much needed support for the East Jerusalem Hospital Network…

COVID-19 response must include ‘Health for all’

LWF joins call to world leaders to ensure that “each life is valued and every person’s right to healthcare is upheld”

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge has joined other leaders of religious…

The Church of Sweden to present an official apology to the SÃ¡mi People for historical injustices. Issued eight commitments to reconciliation. Photo: Magnus Aronson / Icon

Church of Sweden to make public apology, commitments to Indigenous people of Sweden

Jackelén: “In failing the Sámi people we have also failed ourselves and God”

(LWI) - Later this year, the Church of Sweden (CoS) will make an official public apology for its historical role in…

Rev. Rebecca Maduley Kurubai, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania Photo: Courtesy

Tanzania: The journey of a woman pastor with her indigenous community

Voices from the Communion: Rev. Rebecca Maduley Kurubai, the first Maasai woman pastor

(LWI) - “My testimony has been drawing many people to Christ,” says Rev. Rebecca Maduley Kurubai, the first ordained Maasai woman pastor in the…

Worship in an EECMY congregation. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Ethiopia: LWF in solidarity with church and people yearning for peace

General Secretary Anne Burghardt sends message of encouragement to EECMY President

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has expressed the communion’s “deep concern” over the recent developments in Ethiopia and “solidarity with our…

Rev. Toshiki Toma and Bishop of HÃ³lar Diocese Solveig Lara Gudmundsdottir at the LWF Ecumenical Center in 2019. Rev. Toshiki Toma of the International Congregation in BreiÃ°holts Church is pastor to immigrants and refugees at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson

Icelandic church strengthens commitment to immigrants, refugees

General Synod adopts comprehensive new policy

(LWI) - The General Synod of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland (ELCI) recently approved a comprehensive immigration…

The Church of Sweden apologizes for its complicity in the abuse of indigenous SÃ¡mi People. Magnus Aronson / Icon

Church of Sweden apologizes for abuse of the Sámi People

“An essential step forward on the long road of reconciliation”

(LWI) - The Church of Sweden (CoS) delivered a public apology on 24 November for its role in “legitimized repression” and centuries…

Ukraine: Christian World Communions condemn assault, call for peace, invite to prayer

“Peace must prevail,” say four global Christian communions who will host online prayer service on Ash Wednesday

(LWI) - Five Christian World Communions are strongly condemning the advance of the Russian military into Ukraine and…

Ukraine: LWF calls for donations to support people and churches

"Support vital for people desperately seeking shelter”

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has launched a call for donations to support the churches and people of Ukraine, who are fleeing their homes and seeking shelter, basic…

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