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On visit to WCC, Jackson emphasizes need to encourage hope for peace in the Middle East

The Rev. Dr Jesse Jackson, on a visit today to the Geneva offices of the World Council of Churches (WCC), met with WCC general secretary Konrad Raiser for an exchange of views about an interreligious initiative on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Jackson's proposed initiative hopes to mobilize religious leaders in advocating active non-violent approaches to peace, justice, and reconciliation in the region. To this effect, a visit of a delegation of Christian, Muslim and Jewish leaders to Palestine and Israel is being considered.

The Special Commission on Orthodox Participation in the WCC is preparing its final report

The Special Commission on Orthodox Participation in the World Council of Churches (WCC) will shortly hold its final plenary meeting. The Commission will meet 27 May - 2 June in Järvenpää, Finland, not far from Helsinki. The results of three years of work will be presented by the Special Commission in a final report to the WCC Central Committee, which meets this year 26 August - 3 September in Geneva, Switzerland.

Die Sonderkommission zur orthodoxen Mitarbeit im ÖRK auf dem Weg zu ihrem abschliessenden Bericht

Noch einmal wird die Sonderkommission zur orthodoxen Mitarbeit im Ökumenischen Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) tagen. Dieses Mal vom 27. Mai bis 2. Juni in Järvenpää, unweit der finnischen Hauptstadt Helsinki. Die Ergebnisse ihrer dreijährigen Arbeit wird die Sonderkommission in einem Schlussbericht dem dieses Jahr vom 26. August bis 3. September in Genf tagenden ÖRK-Zentralausschuss vorlegen.