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In welchem Verhältnis steht das fortgesetzte Streben nach der christlichen Einheit zum Bemühen um interreligiöses Verständnis? Wie können diese beiden verschiedenen Formen des Dialogs zueinander in Bezug gesetzt und praktiziert werden?

How does the on-going quest for Christian unity relate to the search for interreligious understanding? How can these two distinct forms of dialogue be related and practiced?

Mitten im wachsenden Klima der Angst vor Flüchtlingen und Immigrierenden appelliert der ÖRK an Christen, der biblischen Aufforderung getreu „Fremde willkommen zu heißen“.

In the midst of a mounting climate of fear of refugees and immigrants, the WCC is calling on Christians to be true to the Biblical imperative to “welcome the stranger”.

Das Gedenken an den armenischen Völkermord der Jahre 1915-1923 hätte eigentlich im Zentrum des Gottesdienstes am 15. November stehen sollen. Nach den Anschlägen in Beirut und Paris haben die Gebete der Reformierten Kirche Genfs und des ÖRK-Exekutivausschusses aber eine neue Dimension angenommen.

Commemorating the Armenian Genocide of 1915-23 was to have been the principal focus of the service of Sunday morning prayer on 15 November in the cathedral church of Saint-Pierre at the summit of Geneva’s old town. Following terror attacks in Beirut and Paris killing and wounding hundreds of civilians over the preceding days, the prayers of the Protestant Church of Geneva and the WCC Executive Committee took on a new dimension.

Der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen hat die jüngsten Terroranschläge in Paris und Beirut nachdrücklich verurteilt.

The WCC Executive Committee has strongly condemned the latest terror attacks in Paris and Beirut.

Der ÖRK „schreitet trotz zahlreicher Herausforderung weiter auf unserem gemeinsamen Pilgerweg voran“, bestätigte Pastor Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit in seinem halbjährlichen Bericht an den ÖRK-Exekutivausschuss.

The WCC “is moving forward on our common pilgrimage, even as we face many challenges,” general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit affirmed in his semi-annual report to the WCC Executive Committee.

Eine 12-köpfige Delegation aus Vertreterinnen und Vertretern von Kirchen und ökumenischen Gremien weltweit reiste vom 23. bis 30. Oktober zu einem historischen internationalen ökumenischen Besuch und einer Tagung in die Demokratische Volksrepublik Korea.

A delegation representing churches and ecumenical bodies around the world met for an historic international ecumenical visit and meeting in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea from 23 to 30 October.

The Executive Committee, a 25-member governing body of the WCC, is meeting from 13 through 18 November at the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey, Switzerland to consider a series of programmatic reports and proposals for the criteria to be used in priority setting amid the continuing work of the WCC.

The general secretary of the WCC, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, sent greetings to Hindu religious partners across the world on the occasion of the Hindu festival of Diwali.

„Die Ausbreitung von HIV und AIDS wird durch Stigmatisierung, Diskriminierung, fehlenden Zugang zu Information und angemessenen Präventionsmaßnahmen verschärft“, erklärte Samuel Matsikure anlässlich des Dialogs über HIV/AIDS, der im vergangenen Juli von der Ökumenischen HIV- und AIDS-Initiative des ÖRK in Simbabwe organisiert wurde.

“Stigma, discrimination, lack of access to information and appropriate prevention measures aggravate the spread of HIV and AIDS,” says Samuel Matsikure, who participated in a dialogue sponsored by Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiatives and Advocacy of the WCC.

Results of the fifth and largest study on the portrayal and representation of women in the news media will be released on 23 November 2015 at 12:00 am (midnight) EST (5:00 am UCT/GMT).

An historic consultation of church leaders, drawn from 56 nations, to focus on intensifying "discrimination, persecution and violence" against Christian communities around the world has called on churches globally to pray, support and be in solidarity with those suffering persecution due to their faith.

The theme “Discrimination, Persecution, Martyrdom: Following Christ Together” remained in sharp focus at a Global Christian Forum consultation in Albania. The event from 1-5 November in Tirana gathered some 150 international participants, including representatives of the WCC.

"In COP21 we decide whether the glass is half full or half empty, but the glass must be transparent", tweeted climate activist Yeb Saño at the end of a day full of activities engaging leadership and staff members of the WCC, the Lutheran World Federation and ACT Alliance, at the Ecumenical Centre, in Geneva, Switzerland.