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The World Council of Churches (WCC) hosted a Sikh-Christian dialogue on 5 July with the theme “Pursuing Peace in a Pluralistic World” to commemorate the 550th birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak, the first guru of the Sikhs.

Le 5 juillet, le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) a animé un dialogue entre les religions sikhe et chrétienne sur le thème «Poursuivre la paix dans un monde pluriel» afin de marquer le 550ᵉ anniversaire de la naissance du gourou Nanak, premier gourou du sikhisme.

About 65 scholars of Buddhist-Christian relations gathered in St Ottilien, near Eresing, Germany for a conference to commemorate the 100th birth anniversary of Rev. Dr Lynn A. de Silva (1919-1982), a pioneer of Christian Buddhist dialogue. Organised by the European Network of Buddhist Christian Studies in association with the World Council of Churches (WCC), the conference focused on the theme “Buddhist-Christian Encounter – A Visionary Approach”.

Young students from all over the world were welcomed to the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Institute in Bossey, Switzerland on Tuesday for the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Interreligious Studies.
The theme of the 2018/2019 academic year is “Engaging for just and participatory societies - belongingness in Judaism, Christianity and Islam”.

Les jeunes étudiant-e-s du monde entier ont été accueilli-e-s mardi à l’Institut œcuménique de Bossey du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), en Suisse, pour le certificat d’études avancées en études interreligieuses.
Le thème de l’année académique 2018/2019 est: «S’engager pour des sociétés justes et participatives – l’appartenance au judaïsme, au christianisme et à l’islam».

A conference on “Promoting Peace Together” and the launch of the document “Education for Peace in a Multi-Religious World: A Christian Perspective” will take place at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva on 21 May.

Racism is a curse that continues to haunt the global community, with new forms constantly emerging. This curse brings us to the realisation that no country is free from racism and we cannot afford any attitude of pretence or denial that no further action is needed to focus on racial justice in order to re-establish human dignity and equal human rights on a global scale.

Le racisme est un fléau qui continue de hanter la communauté internationale et qui apparaît sans cesse sous de nouvelles formes. Ce fléau nous amène à prendre conscience qu’aucun pays n’est à l’abri du racisme. Et que nous ne pouvons pas nous permettre de camoufler ou de nier qu’il faut continuer de lutter en faveur de la justice raciale afin de rétablir la dignité humaine et l’égalité des droits de tous les êtres humains sur la planète.

An interreligious jury at the Festival Visions du Réel in Nyon, Switzerland, awarded a prize to the film “When the Persimmons Grew,” the story of a mother who, during the persimmon harvest, philosophizes with her son about the fruits of life. The Azerbaijani director interweaves linear time with the present, capturing the joys of everyday life.

The Shia Muslim student from Canada, the Presbyterian Christian student from India and some of their companions reluctantly set off for an early run on a chilly morning to the Geneva lakeside little knowing what sunrise would bring.

Un étudiant musulman chiite du Canada, un étudiant chrétien presbytérien d’Inde et certains de leurs camarades se sont levés avec peine pour une course aux aurores dans la fraîcheur matinale sur les rives du lac, sans savoir ce que les rayons du soleil levant apporteront.

Religions are often thought of as distinct and competing traditions, but the phenomenon of people belonging to multiple religious traditions is widespread, according to a World Council of Churches (WCC) publication presented during the European Academy of Religion in Bologna, Italy.

On considère souvent les religions comme des traditions distinctes et en compétition les unes avec les autres, mais le phénomène de l’appartenance à de multiples traditions religieuses est très répandu, selon une publication du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) présentée durant l’Académie européenne des religions à Bologne, en Italie.

Under the headline “Free to change” hundreds of Swedes gathered in the sacred cathedral in Gothenburg on 2 February to learn more about international advocacy from a faith and human rights perspective.

A full-day programme arranged by the dioceses of Skara and Gothenburg in cooperation with Church of Sweden’s youth organisation, covered a wide spectrum of pertinent issues facing the ecumenical movement.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) continues its mission of being a platform for churches to come together, to understand each other better and to work together for the good of their societies, said Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches during a meeting with His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church on 30 January.

Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises poursuit sa mission de devenir une plateforme où les Églises se rassemblent, se comprennent mieux les unes les autres et travaillent ensemble pour le bien de leur société, déclare le secrétaire général du COE lors d’une rencontre avec Sa Sainteté le patriarche Cyrille de l’Église orthodoxe russe le 30 janvier.

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit sent greetings to hundreds of young people from the Taize community as they gathered in Madrid from 28 December to 1 January to reflect on the theme “Let Us Not Forget Hospitality!”

‘History’ and ‘Time’ were the thirteenth and fourteenth subjects covered in a workshop which took place in Erlangen, Germany, 12-14 December as part of a project “Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses.”

From 14-16 December in the UK, the CEC and Cumberland Lodge held a conference titled "Towards Peaceful co-existence in the Middle East: challenges and opportunities." Co-hosted by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, the gathering drew participants from a broad range of Middle Eastern and European churches.

As part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Centro Pro Unione, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit spoke on 15 November in Rome about “What Does Mutual Accountability Mean for Christians and the Christian Life?”