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Le pasteur Tveit reçoit l’Ordre du mérite civil sud-coréen

Le 5 mai, l’ancien secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, s’est vu décerner la médaille Dongbaek de l’Ordre du mérite civil de la Répu-blique de Corée lors d’une cérémonie à l’ambassade coréenne à Oslo, en Norvège.

”God has promised to be with us also in times of crisis” says Tveit

After more than ten years heading the World Council of Churches (WCC), Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit says this is the time that "we should remind one another that we believe in God as the “Good shepherd” who promised to be with us also in times of crisis,” especially in this time of the global COVID-19 crisis.

WCC general secretary heads home and says thanks to media

After more than 30 years as a pastor, ecumenist and church leader, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit firmly believes that the church can change the world. As general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) for the past ten years, he has witnessed what Jesus Christ means to people of faith around the globe. By the end of this month he heads home to lead the Church of Norway as presiding bishop of its bishop’s conference.

A visionary missionary heads home

After more than 30 years as a pastor, ecumenist and church leader, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit firmly believes that the church can change the world. As general secretary of the WCC for the past ten years, he has witnessed what Jesus Christ means to people of faith around the globe. By the end of this month he heads home to lead the Church of Norway as presiding bishop of its bishop’s conference.

Un missionnaire visionnaire rentre chez lui

Après plus de 30 ans en tant que pasteur, œcuméniste et responsable d’Église, le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit est fermement convaincu que l’Église peut changer le monde. Secrétaire général du COE depuis dix ans, il a vu ce que Jésus Christ signifiait pour des croyant-e-s du monde entier. À la fin du mois, il rentrera chez lui pour diriger l’Église de Norvège en tant qu’évêque président de la conférence épiscopale.

WCC general secretary: “Love opens the way to change”

Speaking in Bergen, Norway at an international conference on Sustainability and Climate in Re-ligion organized by the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, The Church of Norway and The Council for Religious and Life Stance Communities in Norway, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit offered reflections on “What’s love got to do with it? Climate justice and care for the earth.”

Le secrétaire général du COE: «L’amour ouvre la voie au changement»

S’exprimant à Bergen, en Norvège, à l’occasion de la conférence internationale sur la durabilité et les changements climatiques dans la religion, organisée par l’université de Norvège occidentale en sciences appliquées, l’Église de Norvège et le Conseil pour les communautés religieuses et philosophiques de Norvège, le secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, a fait part de ses réflexions autour de la question: «En quoi l’amour est-il concerné? La justice climatique et le souci de la planète».

Norwegian prophetic bishop ‘has no regrets’

Retired Bishop Gunnar Stålsett was convicted by an Oslo court as on 19 December, for having offered work and income to a rejected refugee who couldn’t be sent back to Eritrea. That became illegal in 2011, but Stålsett described himself as a conscientious objector to a law he views as simply wrong. Bishop Stålsett’s case attracted more media coverage in Norway and worldwide, after he was convicted of violating immigration law.

Retired Norway bishop risks jail over principles

An 84-year-old former bishop of Oslo, Gunnar Stålsett, was ordered to appear in court because he illegally employed a woman from Eritrea who’d been denied asylum and wound up as an undocumented and rejected refugee.

WCC well-represented in Religions for Peace leadership

Religions for Peace is the world's largest and most representative multi-religious coalition, and as in other multi-faith groups, the World Council of Churches (WCC) and its ecumenical family figure strongly in its leadership bodies.