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Mama Shamsa

For spiritual nourishment, “practise humanity,” says Mama Shamsa

A woman who works with youth in Kenya—young people who once turned to heinous crimes—had a group of young Christians, Jews, and Muslims weeping tears of compassion and joy as she recounted her tough upbringing and how she helps turn those youth from crime to community.

08 July 2023

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Peace is not a given these days, but keep talking, says daughter of Holocaust survivor

Peace is not a given these days, an international group of young Christians, Jews, and Muslims has heard from a woman whose father survived the Holocaust as she stressed the need to talk and listen to one another.

07 July 2023

Young participants of the forum walking in Bossey park

Young Christians, Jews, and Muslims begin a peace-building journey

The Christians, Jews, and Muslims laughing and chatting together, learning about peace were not in an aspirational story; they are authentic, live young people having fun at the Emerging Peacemakers Forum.

06 July 2023

During visit to Bossey, steward describes “God’s paradise on earth”

As members of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee and stewards visited the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, they came away newly inspired about the next generation of the ecumenical movement.

04 July 2023

For Ecumenical Institute graduates - master's degree builds both knowledge and lasting friendships

Lasting friendships and gleaning a wealth of knowledge are the abiding memory of students every year who graduate from the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Institute at Bossey outside Geneva.

16 June 2023

On 16 June 2023 at the Ecumenical Center, Prof. Rev. Dr Simone Sinn, Rev. Dr Wesley Ariarajah, and Dr Jesudas Athyal in conversation on Christian witness in a pluralistic world: Building on the legacy of Asian ecumenism.

Accepting others in their otherness

Accepting others in their otherness is at the heart of ecumenism and interreligious dialogue. This was the message at a tray lunch event titled “Christian Witness in a pluralistic world: Building on the Legacy of Asian Ecumenism,” held on 16 June at the Ecumenical Centre and organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC).

16 June 2023

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As Bread for the World marks 70 years of scholarships, WCC gives thanks for all the bridges built

As Bread for the World marked 70 years of service to the church and ecumenism through its interchurch scholarships programme, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay gave thanks for some 3,500 alumni and beneficiaries since 1952.

09 June 2023

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H.E. Judge Mohammad Abdel-Salam visits WCC, hones plans for strengthened cooperation

H.E. Judge Mohammed Abdel-Salam, senior adviser of H.E. Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Elders and co-president of Religions for Peace, visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva on 5 June.

08 June 2023

A Buddhist monk sits in the doorway of a temple in the Angkor Wat complex in Cambodia, which dates to the 12th Century, Photo: Paul Jeffrey/Life on Earth Pictures

WCC extends greetings to Buddhist community on Vesak

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay extended greetings to the Buddhist community across the world on the occasion of the Vesak festival.

05 May 2023

Detail of a temple near the Ganges River at Varanasi, a sacred site for Hindus, Photo: Paul Jeffrey/Life on Earth pictures

WCC sends greetings to meeting of Hindus and Christians in Europe

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay sent greetings to a meeting of Hindus and Christians in Europe that aims to build a fraternity-based new humanism.

02 May 2023

Members of the National Jewish-Christian Dialogue

National Jewish-Christian Dialogue meets in New York, continues consideration of reparations

The National Jewish-Christian Dialogue, co-sponsored by the National Council of Churches (USA) and the National Council of Synagogues, met 19-20 April in New York City. The dialogue continued its in-depth discussion of reparations and national healing, following previous remote sessions on the broad topic of reparations and specific efforts to consider reparations by the cities of Evanston, Illinois, and Providence, Rhode Island.

01 May 2023

Interfaith prayer service, Roman Catholic Emmanuel Cathedral, Durban, South Africa, Photo: Albin Hillert/WCC

WCC, Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue release joint communique from annual meeting

The World Council of Churches (WCC), and the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue released a joint communique from their annual meeting held 26-27 April.

28 April 2023

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WCC, Vatican Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue hold annual meeting to strengthen collaboration

The World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Vatican Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue are holding their annual meeting on 26-28 April to strengthen collaboration for interreligious dialogue.

28 April 2023

Bossey students during the workshop

Bossey students deepen their knowledge on human rights in a symposium with WCC and United Evangelical Mission

Strengthening the link between Christian perspectives and practical action for human rights, a symposium on human dignity and rights took place in the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey on 25-26 April.

27 April 2023

Julio de Santa Ana

WCC mourns the death of Julio de Santa Ana

“It was with sadness that we received the news of the passing of Prof. Dr Julio Hector de Santa Ana, a reference of ecumenical theology in a liberating perspective,” said Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC). De Santa Ana passed away in Geneva, Switzerland, on 17 April.

20 April 2023

Praying in Darfur, Farmah Adam Ibrahim (right) and Sit-Eldoma Atiya (back left) pray outside their hut in the Bilel Camp for internally displaced persons in Sudan's war-torn Darfur province (2007), most of Darfur's residents are Muslims, the escalation of conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces in April 2023 has resulted in hundreds of deaths, Photo: Paul Jeffrey/ Life on Earth Pictures

WCC sends greetings to all Muslims at Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr

The World Council of Churches (WCC) sent cordial greetings to Muslims around the world as they observing the month of Ramadan and as they will celebrate Eid al-Fitr.

19 April 2023

African boy looking into the camera holds a sign saying "We need peace".

Young people encouraged to apply for Emerging Peacemakers Forum

The World Council of Churches, the Muslim Council of Elders and Rose Castle Foundation are hosting an Emerging Peacemakers Forum for young men and women working in civil society and international organizations, or for influential people in their societies, at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey. Young people who have previous experience in peace-making, conflict resolution, or conflict management, are also invited to apply, in addition to young people who are interested in spreading the values of peace where they live.

28 March 2023

Stranger, Enemy, Neighbor, Friend: A Rough Guide On Religion and Othering

Tools equipping a new generation for interreligious dialogue

How do religions represent “others” in their ideas, symbols, and practices? How do religious representations of others influence social cohesion? And what role can young leaders play in engaging with the challenges and the potential found within religious traditions’ representations of “others” to cultivate social resilience?

27 March 2023

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Formation en Théologie Interculturelle course underway at Bossey with “this difference that makes us very rich”

Students at the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Institute at Bossey are enrolled in a Formation en Théologie Interculturelle course of 8 weekends that began in October 2022 and ends on 27 May 2023 The 14 students, all from French-speaking parts of Europe, reflected on the rewards of their studies.

27 March 2023

Berlin, Germany, October 2021

Algorithms: harmful or helpful? Faith-based groups can work to decrease the digital divide

Can we increase our knowledge of how algorithms work? Can faith-based groups help close the digital divide? A webinar on 9 March, offered a way forward in an area that sometimes seems ruled by untouchable artificial intelligence.

09 March 2023