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A webinar scheduled for 27 May and entitled “Change in Moral Teaching – Exploring Continuity and Discontinuity,” will examine concrete historic examples where churches have modified or changed their understanding of a specific moral issue.

A webinar on how churches make moral decisions—and what causes divisions—brought a lively discussion attended online by more than 100 people on 29 April.

Basing their remarks on a World Council of Churches Faith and Order Commission publication, “Churches and Moral Discernment. Volume 1: Learning from Traditions,” the speakers shared insights from very different church perspectives.

A World Council of Churches (WCC) webinar, “Moral discernment – What can we learn from other traditions?” will take place on 29 April, based on the Faith and Order Commission publication “Churches and Moral Discernment. Volume 1: Learning from Traditions.”

In preserving and restoring unity, churches are increasingly confronted with moral questions. The World Council of Churches Faith and Order Commission has studied this topic and recently presented a new study document called “Churches and Moral Discernment: Facilitating Dialogue to Build Koinonia.” In a series of three webinars, the commission will introduce the document and two other publications that assist in learning from and with each other about discerning ethical questions in the churches.

At the end of its biannual meeting, the World Council of Churches Commission on Faith and Order, in February, reported from its three study groups, which continue to look to future activities and dialogue with a sense of hope.

A 9 March webinar—the third in a series of seven on bilateral dialogues—will focus on “Anglican-Orthodox Dialogue: History, Results, Reception” as well as the Canterbury Statement “Stewards of Creation: A Hope-Filled Ecology,” a statement on ecology jointly published by the Anglican Communion and the Orthodox Churches in October 2020. 

La Commission de Foi et constitution du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) a publié deux nouveaux volumes rassemblant les réponses à L’Église: vers une vision commune reçues entre 2013 et 2020.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Faith and Order published two new volumes that collect responses received to The Church: Towards a Common Vision between 2013 and 2020.

Two papers—“Cultivate and Care: An Ecumenical Theology of Justice for and within Creation” and “Love and Witness: Proclaiming the Peace of the Lord Jesus Christ in a Religiously Plural World,” from the World Council of Churches Faith and Order Commission were highlighted during a webinar on 18 February.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) will host a webinar on 18 February from 14:00-15:30 (GMT+1) entitled “Common witness on environmental justice and religious pluralism” that will explore two recent papers released by the WCC Commission on Faith and Order.

Dans un monde qui réclame justice et paix, le thème de l’Assemblée 2022 du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), «L’amour du Christ mène le monde à la réconciliation et à l’unité», parle de l’espoir d’un avenir «où les ressources seront partagées, où l’on cherchera à atténuer les inégalités, et où une dignité nouvelle s’imposera entre nous et pour chacun et chacune de nous», peut-on lire dans une nouvelle publication offrant une réflexion sur le thème de l’Assemblée.

In a world crying out for justice and peace, the theme of the 2022 assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC), “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity,” speaks of hope for a future in which resources are shared, inequalities are addressed and all can enjoy dignity, according to a new publication reflecting on the assembly theme.

La Commission de Foi et constitution du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) a publié deux documents le 18 janvier: «Love and Witness: Proclaiming the Peace of the Lord Jesus Christ in a Religiously Plural World» (Aimez et témoignez: proclamer la paix du Seigneur Jésus Christ dans un monde plurireligieux) et «Cultivate and Care: An Ecumenical Theology of Justice for and within Creation» (Cultivez et accompagnez: une théologie œcuménique de la justice pour et au sein de la création).

Pour la toute première fois, l’application Bible propose les prières quotidiennes de la Semaine de prière pour l’unité des chrétiens 2021 dans leur traduction arabe proposée par le Conseil des Églises du Moyen-Orient.