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At Peace Conference in Jakarta, WCC shares positive examples of interfaith action for peace

At a Peace Conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, hosted by the United Evangelical Mission (UEM) and the Communion of Churches in Indonesia (PGI), Peter Prove, director of the World Council of Churches Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, participated as a panel speaker during a session on ““Global Challenges and Perspective for Interfaith Action” on 21 November.

In Japan, spirit of koinonia deepens

During a visit from World Council of Churches (WCC) deputy general secretary Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, WCC member churches in Japan received expressions of appreciation from the WCC for hosting various visits and forums that strengthened ecumenical ties.

WCC members in Japan reported a deepening spirit of koinonia as well as more involvement in the programmatic life of the WCC, particularly as the ecumenical movement sets its sights on the upcoming WCC 11th Assembly in 2021 in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Indian Orthodox Church Catholicos, Patriarch Kirill hold historic meeting

His Holiness Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Paulose II, Supreme Head of the Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Church, and Catholicos of the East, met with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at St Daniel Monastery in Moscow on 3 September.

His Holiness Catholicos Paulose II thanked Patriarch Kirill for the hospitality, stressing that “forty years have elapsed and now we as primates of our Churches can resume the exchange of visits. Your Holiness, your love and insight have helped to make it possible. Once again, thank you for it”.

In Korea, young ‘stewards of hope’ forge ahead together

As the Youth in Asia Training for Religious Amity opened at the Yonsei University Chapel in South Korea on 18 September, participants were already learning to live into the theme “Stewards of Hope, Seekers of Harmony.” For the first time, the training includes not only young people from Asia but from across the world, and is being co-coordinated by the World Council of Churches (WCC) Programme for Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation, the Council for World Mission, and youth representatives from the ecumenical movement.

En Corée, les jeunes «intendants de l’espoir» vont de l’avant ensemble

Au lancement de la formation des jeunes en Asie pour l’amitié religieuse (YATRA) le 18 septembre dans la chapelle de l’Université Yonsei, en Corée du Sud, les participant-e-s apprennent déjà à s’immerger dans le thème «intendants de l’espoir, prospecteurs d’harmonie».

C’est la première fois que la formation inclut non seulement des jeunes venus d’Asie, mais également du monde entier. Elle est coordonnée à la fois par le Programme pour le dialogue interreligieux et la jeunesse dans le mouvement œcuménique du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le Conseil pour la mission mondiale (CMM) et la Communion mondiale d’Églises réformées (CMER).

Asian Ecumenical Institute to train next generation of leaders

Twenty-seven young ecumenists from across Asia are currently attending the month-long Asian Ecumenical Institute organized by the Christian Conference of Asia. The programme aims to provide ecumenical formation and leadership development training for prospective church and ecumenical leaders. It is being held at the Christian Conference of Asia headquarters in Payap University Campus in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Peacemakers at work in Sri Lanka

In the wake of the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka, the Omnia Institute for Contextual Leadership, based in Chicago, lifted up points of hope that peace will win in the end. In a 25 April message, Shanta Premawardhana, president of the institute, wrote that every person of every faith of every nation deserves to wake up in peace. “Every child deserves to feel safe, welcomed, and alive to the promise that each day brings,” Premawardhana wrote. “I'm sure you know that this is why we build Interfaith Peacemaker Teams in Sri Lanka.”

Peace is common denominator of all major religions

The Christian Conference of Asia gathered over 100 participants representing seven religions including Christian, Buddhist, Islamic, Jewish, Bahai, Hindu and Sikh to meet with the participants of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace Reference Group to discuss relevant issues about religion and their implications to the Asian society.

La paix est le dénominateur commun à toutes les grandes religions

La Conférence chrétienne d’Asie a invité plus de 100 représentants de sept religions – des chrétiens, des bouddhistes, des musulmans, des juifs, des bahaïs, des hindous et des sikhs – à rencontrer les participants du Groupe de référence du Pèlerinage pour la justice et la paix du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), pour discuter de questions relatives à la religion et de leurs implications pour la société asiatique.

La situation des droits de la personne et la liberté religieuse en Papouasie, objet de la visite d’une délégation du COE en Indonésie

Une délégation œcuménique coordonnée par le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) s’est rendue en Indonésie du 15 au 22 février, visitant notamment les provinces de la Papouasie et de la Papouasie occidentale, où, selon une déclaration commune récente de cinq mandataires des Nations Unies travaillant dans le domaine des droits de la personne, les violences et les discriminations à l’encontre des populations papoues autochtones se multiplient.

Rev. Dr Shanta Premawardhana: ‘Seeds of peace come from the ground’

“The seeds of peace come from the ground.” That is the vision that Rev. Dr Shanta Premawardhana, former director of Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation at the World Council of Churches and now president of OMNIA Institute for Contextual Leadership, tries to follow with his organization.

WCC condemns attack on renowned social activist in India

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit is condemning an attack on renowned social activist Swami Agnivesh in Jharkhand state in northeast India. A violent mob of alleged fringe fundamentalist groups in the Pakur district attacked Agnivesh on the same day as a Supreme Court judgment called mob lynching unacceptable and holding the local administration, the state and central governments responsible for preventing it.

Le COE condamne l'agression dont a été victime un militant social de renom en Inde

Le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), condamne l'agression dont a été victime Swami Agnivesh, un militant social de renom, dans l'État du Jharkhand (nord-est de l'Inde). Une foule violente de fondamentalistes marginaux présumés s'en est prise à Swami Agnivesh dans le district de Pakur, le jour même où la Cour suprême a prononcé un jugement condamnant les lynchages par la foule et chargeant l'administration locale, l'État et les gouvernements centraux de prévenir ces violences.