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On Valentine's Day and always, “Love is the central theme in our ...

On Valentines Day and always Love is the central theme in our
In a short video message, Bishop Prof. Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, moderator of the World Council of Churches central committee, reflects on the Thursdays in Black Valentine’s Day theme for 2025: “Spread love, choose kindness.”

Love is a central theme in our Christian faith,” he says. I would even go further: love is the central theme in our Christian faith.”

He notes that Valentines Day is an opportunity to show our love for others: a message that  seems simple and yet often very painful and complicated for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence. 

To talk about it is still a taboo—when it happens in families, at churches, in schools, in sports, in other places in society,” he said. The truth must be on the table to even open a door for a healing process to begin.”

He urges people to stand by the victims of sexual violence. Spread love, choose kindness—lets embrace this motto and act upon it,” he concludes. 

WCC's Thursdays in Black Valentines Day resources

Learn more about Thursdays in Black

Celebrate love: share Thursdays in Black Valentine’s Day messages (News release, 12 February 2024)

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