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A WCC consultation in Geneva will facilitate dialogue on issues related to religious minorities and the politicization of religion, which contributes to discrimination and persecution of religious minorities around the world.

The Archives of the WCC in Geneva have provided both research materials and a space for public consideration of “the ecumenical movement and Cold War politics”.

“Welcoming and protecting the strangers and the aliens, especially the migrants, are at the core of our mission as churches,” said Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the WCC, in a meeting with Prof. François Crépeau, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants.

The WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has expressed condolences following the death of Brother Jeffrey Gros, recalling his significant contributions to Christian unity and ecumenical dialogue as a Catholic theologian.

Church leaders and government officials in Cuba have said that religious reforms introduced during the past two decades have improved religious policies in Cuba over earlier restrictive practices in place since 1959.

Auf einer kürzlich in den Niederlanden durchgeführten Tagung kamen Theologen und Theologinnen, Ökumeniker und Ökumenikerinnen zusammen, um sich erneut mit einer vorläufigen Erklärung unter dem Titel " Kirche aller" zu befassen. Diese Erklärung wurde zuerst 2003 vom Ökumenischen Aktionsbündnis von und für Menschen mit Behinderungen (EDAN) verfasst als ein Projekt des Ökumenischen Rats der Kirchen und der ÖRK-Kommission für Glauben und Kirchenverfassung.

In a recent meeting in the Netherlands, theologians and ecumenists came together to give renewed consideration to an interim statement titled A Church of All and for All, first produced in 2003 by the Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network and the WCC’s Commission on Faith and Order.

Des théologiens et œcuménistes se sont récemment réunis aux Pays-Bas pour réexaminer une déclaration provisoire intitulée Une Église de tous et pour tous, produite pour la première fois en 2003 par le Réseau œcuménique de défense des personnes handicapées (EDAN), un projet du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), et la Commission de Foi et constitution du COE.

In Tahiti, an ecumenical delegation was told about the need for re-inscription of French Polynesia (Maohi Nui) on the United Nations list of countries to be decolonized.

“Faith and Order has a long and significant history in the life of the ecumenical movement. Its two convergence texts, 'Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry' and now 'The Church: Towards a Common Vision', provide our member churches with the necessary theological tools towards the full communion of our common fellowship,” said Metropolitan Prof. Dr Gennadios of Sassima. Metropolitan Gennadios serves as vice-moderator of the WCC Central Committee.