By Royal Orr

(This is the third story in a three-part series on the accompaniment programme.)

Bishop Kamal Bathish of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem shook his head in sorrow.

"How can...

By Royal Orr

This is the second story in a three-part series on the accompaniment programme.

The team from the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme (EAPPI) in Palestine and Israel was gathered on a hill overlooking the Israeli checkpoint...

Appointed as coordinator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) International Relations team and director of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) by the WCC executive committee in February, Peter Weiderud from Sweden took up his new post on 1 September 2002. Weiderud succeeds Dwain Epps, who retired at the end of August 2002...

By Royal Orr

Cf. Press update 02-25 of August 26

This is the first story in a three-part series on the accompaniment...

Cf WCC Press Release, PR-02-23.08e of 02 September 2002

The new director of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, Peter Weiderud, yesterday sent messages to Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and to...

"Promoting church and ecumenical leadership is an essential part of reconstructing Africa... African leaders themselves recognize that the unity of the churches is an essential part of the search for African unity," says World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary, Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser.

The planners of a pan-African conference called...

cf WCC Press Release, PR-02-22, of 22 August 2002-09-04

cf WCC Press Update, Up-02-26, of 2 September

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A statement calling on governments and people to take action in solidarity with those most affected by climate change was released 2...

Questions on the future shape of the ecumenical movement and of the World Council of Churches (WCC) dominated this year's WCC Central Committee meeting in Geneva. The meeting adjourned on Tuesday, 3 September.  

WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser set the tone in his opening report on Monday, 26 August, when he called for a "new ecumenical configuration" in the 21st...

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