WCC general secretary on ecumenism, Haiti, Palestine/Israel, climate change
23 February 2010
For your convenience, please find below recordings (in mp3 format) of a press briefing with the new general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit.
Tveit addressed the following issues (in English):
The ecumenical movement and the WCC. Tveit speaks about his vision for bringing new energy to the quest for Christian unity.
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| Ecumenical vision |  (4.8 Mb) | |
Haiti. Having advocated for the cancellation of the country’s debt at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Tveit pushes the issue further.
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| Haiti | (3.77 Mb) | |
Climate change. Building on the churches' important advocacy role around the Copenhagen climate summit, Tveit speaks about future ecumenical actions.
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Middle East. A former co-moderator of the Palestine Israel Ecumenical Forum, a platform for churches and Christian organizations advocating for a just peace, Tveit discusses ecumenical perspectives for a seemingly intractable conflict.
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| Palestine-Israel | (3.24 Mb) | |
During the questions and answers part of the briefing, Tveit speaks about relations with the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Evangelical and Pentecostal churches, Muslim-Christian relations and the council's financial situation, among other issues.
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| Part 2 | (13.8 Mb) | |
The press briefing with Geneva-based media took place at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday, 22 February.
It came in advance of the service during which Tveit is to be formally installed as WCC general secretary by the council's Executive Committee, on Tuesday, 23 February.
The sermon preached by Tveit during the installation service is available in English, German, French, Spanish and Russian.
A short biographical note about Tveit is available here.
Free-of-charge high resolution photos of Tveit are available here, here, here and here. Please credit as follows: © WCC / Peter Williams.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Juan Michel
Media Relations Officer, World Council of Churches
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