In Uruguay, hope glimmers for children despite violence in Barrio Borro
“What?! You are going to the Barrio Borro? Sorry, I can’t drive you there, and no other taxi driver will do that for you.” “It is too dangerous to go there.” These were the reactions Frederique Seidel heard when she revealed her intention to visit the Obra Ecumenica Barrio Borro, or Ecumenical Support Project (Borro District) in Uruguay.
After tragic accident in Italy, WCC offers condolences
In the wake of a tragic collapse of a motorway bridge in Genoa, Italy, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri offered condolences and prayers on behalf of the WCC global fellowship.
WCC rejoices at reconciliation of Orthodox synods in Ethiopia
In a letter addressed to the prime minister of Ethiopia Dr Abiy Ahmed, on 13 August, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), conveyed heartfelt congratulations in the decisive role played by Ahmed to ensure the reconciliation of the two synods and unity of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church after 27 years of separation.
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
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
18 - 25 January 2019 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity