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  • 11. December 09

    A Palestinian Christian call to end the occupation

    A group of Palestinian Christians representing a variety of churches and church-related organizations have issued an animated and prayerful call for an end to occupation of Palestine by Israel.

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  • 9. December 09

    "The greatest privilege an individual could ever have"

    In a 10-minute interview available online at the website of the World Council of Churches (WCC) the Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia reflects on his six-year term as the general secretary of the WCC – the broadest and most inclusive organized expression of the ecumenical movement.

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  • 8. December 09

    Theological education, seedbed for churches' renewal

    Proper theological education is of strategic importance for the future of Christianity. So is ecumenical formation for the future of the ecumenical movement, according to a world report on the future of theological education.

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  • 8. December 09

    Churches advocate for religious minorities' rights in Turkey

    An international ecumenical delegation visiting Turkey at the end of November has encouraged the country's authorities to improve the situation of religious minorities. The exercise of religious freedom, the legal status of churches, including property issues, and the right to religious education were on the agenda.

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  • 7. December 09

    Samuel Kobia pays tribute to the legacy of Lesslie Newbigin

    The Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia has honoured the memory of Lesslie Newbigin on the eve of what would have been the late bishop's 100th birthday. In the final Ecumenical Centre chapel sermon he will preach prior to the end of his term as WCC general secretary, Dr Kobia celebrated Newbigin as "an admirable ecumenist" with an "enthusiasm for crossing cultural boundaries". The author of such works as "Can the West be Saved?", "The Other Side of 1984" and...

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  • 7. December 09

    Orthodox and Catholic leader met

    Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania, leader of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania and one of the eight presidents of the World Council of Churches, met Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on 4 December 2009.

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  • 4. December 09

    Latin American Christians defend the right to water

    "Water should be for everybody, because it is the blood of Mother Earth." These were the words of Peruvian Congresswoman María Sumire during her speech at the conference on "Water for Life and Creation", held in Lima, Peru, 23-25 November.

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  • 3. December 09

    No water for the neighbours

    Rows of neat suburban houses stand on the parched, barren hillside. A water tower looms over them, irrigating lush greenery in the gardens. But outside this West Bank settlement's perimeter fence sits the tiny Bedouin community of Umm Al Kher, whose residents are desperate for water.

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  • 3. December 09

    Global Network welcomes campaign on resident permits for migrants

    The World Council of Churches (WCC) Global Ecumenical Network on Migration (GEM) has welcomed a year-long campaign by European churches aimed at granting long-term resident permits to foreigners after five years of legal stay.

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  • 27. November 09

    WCC Ecumenical Library renamed Philip A. Potter Library

    WCC Ecumenical Library renamed Philip A. Potter Library

    The library of the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva was renamed the Philip A. Potter Library on Friday in honour of the third general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC).

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