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An upcoming “Week of Neighbours” programme will offer 56 online events from 20-24 February that focus on accompanying people on the move from an interreligious perspective. 

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca participated in a Human Fraternity and the Global Tolerance Alliance Roundtable on 4 February.

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca will serve as a special panelist at the “Human Fraternity and the Global Tolerance Alliance Roundtable” on 4 February.

A special edition of Current Dialogue, the World Council of Churches (WCC) journal on interreligious relations, is marking the 50th anniversary of the WCC Office of Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the death of Dr John Taylor, who with an initial job title of WCC programme secretary for Christian Muslim relations, later became head of the WCC interreligious office from 1980-83.

An online conference, “The Future of Interfaith Dialogue,” held  7-8 December, discussed principles for common formation as a vital element for the future of interfaith dialogue. Via panel discussion, participants discussed how the future of interfaith dialogue is best accomplished by encouraging common formation in which people, especially young people, of different faiths learn together with a common goal, and in the course of the learning discover more about each other.

As the Bridge Builder Awards were presented in a ceremony in Oslo on 22 November, interreligious peacemakers stood together to be recognized for their vital work in raising the values of respect, love, and tolerance for each other.

An online conference scheduled for 7-8 December will explore “The Future of Interfaith Dialogue”.

In a letter, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca sent greetings to Hindu communities celebrating the festival of Diwali.

A joint interfaith statement for World Food Day, being observed 16 October this year, calls us to pray and act against hunger at a time when 811 million people are going to bed hungry each night.

Dr Agnes Abuom, moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, shared a message with the Conference of the World Council of Religious Leaders on Faith and Diplomacy: Generations in Dialogue, being held 4-7 October in Lindau, Germany.

World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca offered a greeting to the Conference of the World Council of Religious Leaders on Faith and Diplomacy: Generations in Dialogue, scheduled for 4-7 October in Lindau, Germany.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) presented a message at a major international gathering of world religious leaders and scientists ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

At the G20 Interfaith Forum, which took place 12-14 September in Bologna, Peter Prove, director of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, spoke on religious commitments to the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those focusing on children, hunger, water and sanitation.

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, spoke on “Is Christian Ecumenism a Model?” at the G20 Interfaith Forum in Bologna, Italy being held 12-14 September.