Tveit in DRC: “Making peace is holy work”
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, as head of a delegation visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), offered a sermon on 19 August encouraging peacemakers during an ecumenical service in the Protestant Cathedral in Kinshasa.
WCC calls for prayer for flood-stricken Kerala, India
As the worst flooding in half a century struck the southern India state of Kerala, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit called for prayers for those affected and for those responding, and expressed his sympathy for those who have lost loved ones in the disaster.
“Pilgrim Team” to visit Democratic Republic of Congo
A World Council of Churches (WCC) “Pilgrim Team” will visit Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, from 18-23 August. Under the theme “African Women of Faith and Gender Justice,” the group aims to acknowledge and build women’s roles in church and society. By focusing on gender justice, and on peace with no violence against women, the Pilgrim Team will raise awareness, and call churches and ecumenical partners to action together for justice and peace.
Events
19 - 31 August 2018 2018 Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management (GEM) for an Economy of Life
23 August 2018 WCC 70th anniversary in Amsterdam
30 August 2018 Water and Faith day, at World Water Week
16 - 23 September 2018 World Week of Peace in Palestine and Israel
18 - 20 September 2018 World conference on xenophobia, racism, and populist nationalism in the context of global migration
01 - 06 October 2018 20 years since the Ecumenical Decade in Solidarity with Women