WCC Round Tables put ecumenical partners together to map ecumenical priorities
The World Council of Churches (WCC) Round Table was held on 26 and 27 May in the picturesque setting of the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey near Geneva in Switzerland. The gathering was used as always by the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit as a platform for high-level consultation with heads of agencies.
WCC delegation visits Ukraine
To renew relations with churches and religious organizations and to learn possibilities of joint promotion of peace and reconciliation in Ukraine, a representative delegation from the World Council of Churches (WCC) visited Kyiv from 6-8 June. The visit was the fourth to Ukraine.
40 years after Soweto youth uprising, disillusion reigns
Forty years after pupils in South Africa’s largest black township, Soweto, took to the streets to protest an inferior education system and set in motion the demise of apartheid, the release of Nelson Mandela and democracy, disillusion has replaced hope.
Events
29 May - 11 June 2016 Youth in Asia Training for Religious Amity
09 - 11 June 2016 Pan-African Women of Faith conference
14 - 16 June 2016 "Have no fear"
20 - 21 June 2016 Reconciliation Processes in Indigenous Contexts
22 - 28 June 2016 Central Committee meeting
16 - 17 July 2016 Interfaith Pre-Conference at AIDS 2016
23 - 31 July 2016 Summer School on Communication and Religion