Retired Norway bishop risks jail over principles
An 84-year-old former bishop of Oslo, Gunnar Stålsett, was ordered to appear in court because he illegally employed a woman from Eritrea who’d been denied asylum and wound up as an undocumented and rejected refugee.
WCC Ecumenical Institute invites papers for conference on ’Teaching Ecumenism’
With deadline 20 January 2020, the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Institute at Château de Bossey invites papers for an international conference on ’Teaching Ecumenism in the Context of World Christianity’.
Webinar on racism in the Pacific: “It has become embedded”
A World Council of Churches (WCC) webinar held on 2 December explored the theme “Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination in the Pacific". Participants asks challenging questions such as: What is institutional racism? What is unconscious racism?
Events
25 November - 10 December 2019 16 Days against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
18 - 24 March 2020 Central Committee meeting
10 - 13 June 2020 Teaching Ecumenism – International Conference