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The Church of Sweden's pastoral welfare, or ‘diaconal’, work in society has an economic value of at least SEK 1.5 billion. This is the finding of a new report, which provides the most comprehensive analysis ever of the Church of Sweden's pastoral welfare activity.

This weekend, Archbishop Antje Jackelén will travel to South America to visit the Lutheran churches in Brazil (IECLB) and Colombia (IELCO). She is invited as the main speaker at a national priests’ and deacons’ meeting in the city of Curitiba, in Brazil. In Colombia, which is currently in the midst of a complex and fragile peace process, the archbishop will hold talks with various stakeholders about the importance of continuing the peace process and allowing transitional justice to be observed.