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November 2022 issue of the annual newsletter of the Ecumenical Institute at Château de Bossey.

Words of Welcome: Rev Dr Kenneth Mtata, Incoming Director of Public Witness and Diakoina, WCC, during webinar on: "Global Crisis on Food and the crisis response: A comprehensive update and discussion"

14 December 2022

In order to strengthen the voice of the churches with regards to global economics, a group of up to 20 current and future leaders representing the churches will have the opportunity to attend the GEM School.

In this divided and troubled world, WCC (World Council of Churches) and CID (Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue) were able to meet for the 10^th Dialogue at The Ecumenical Institute Bossey, Switzerland.

Statement from the Faith-Based Organizations to the High-Level Ministerial Segment of the 27th Session of the Conference of the Parties – COP27 to the UNFCCC, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, 15 November 2022

Message of the WCC Indigenous Peoples Pre-Assembly, 28-30 August 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany.

World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca extended greetings to Hindu friends on the occasion of Diwali.

Applications are open for a Young Adults Training for Religious Amity program (YATRA) to be held in October.

Rev. Claudia Haslebacher, Council Member responsible for Ecumenical and International Relations the Protestant Church in Switzerland, addressed the alumni from the Bossey Ecumenical Institute gathered at the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly on 5 Septembre 2022

Organized by the World Council of Churches in partnership with the Christian Conference of Asia, Church of Christ in Thailand, and ACT Alliance, the interreligious training programme is named “YATRA”—a common term for pilgrimage in many contexts and languages.

The theme for 2022 is “Youth Interreligious Engagement, Advocating Human Dignity.”

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In a joint message on gender-based violence, sexual abuse, and faith communities, 26 World Council of Churches (WCC) Thursdays in Black ambassadors lament that the scourge of sexual and gender-based violence continues unabated—and call on faith communities to prevent such violence in their own spaces.

Opening an online international seminar commemorating the life of  Dr Paulose Mar Gregorios, World Council of Churches (WCC) deputy general secretary Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri shared thoughts on his ecumenical contributions.

This joint report emphasises the work of the World Council of Churches’ (WCC) Ecumenical Indigenous Peoples Network Reference Group and the Working Group on Climate Change. It affirms that Indigenous perspectives are crucial not only for addressing the burgeoning climate emergency but also for navigating the way forward to a hopeful post-COVID, post-growth and post-fossil fuel future and calls on the WCC to address this at the 11th WCC Assembly and relevant preassemblies.