WCC Executive Committee expresses concern, solidarity for West Papua
The World Council of Churches Executive Committee issued a statement on 23 May expressing concern and solidarity for the people of West Papua who are facing violence and human rights violations.
“Keeping the faith for an end to AIDS”
The World Council of Churches (WCC) Executive Committee released a statement expressing unfaltering commitment to ending HIV and AIDS. “The HIV epidemic has been like no other,” the statement reads. "Over four decades, AIDS has caused tens of millions of deaths, devastated families and communities, and challenged scientists and doctors seeking an effective vaccine or cure.”
Greenland church life and climate challenges featured in new series
In Greenland, travel by either air or boat is the conventional – and only – way of getting from place to place. The distances between populated areas scattered along the rugged coastline of the world’s largest island are long and there are no roads connecting cities and settlements. Neither railways nor inland waterways exist and some rural areas can only be reached by helicopter. In winter, dog-sled is an alternative, particularly in the north and east.
Events
22 - 28 May 2019 Executive Committee meeting
02 - 09 June 2019 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
03 June 2019 Nathan Söderblom seminar
10 June - 19 July 2019 Engaging for Just and Participatory Societies – Belongingness in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
26 June - 01 July 2019 13th Annual Conference of the European Network of Buddhist-Christian Studies