Im Rahmen einer Tagung der Referenzgruppe zum Pilgerweg in Bogotá, Kolumbien, vom 6. – 10. Februar besuchte eine Delegation des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) den Hauptsitz der Lateinamerikanischen Bischofskonferenz.
As part of a Pilgrimage Reference Group meeting in Bogota, Colombia from 6-10 February, a WCC delegation visited the headquarters of the Conference of Latin American Bishops (CELAM).
Pastor Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, der Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), hat in einer Erklärung im Namen des ÖRK das historische Treffen von Papst Franziskus, Oberhaupt der römisch-katholischen Kirche, und Patriarch Kyrill, Primas der Russischen Orthodoxen Kirche, gewürdigt.
Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), has issued a statement on behalf of the Council hailing the historic meeting of Pope Francis, pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, and Patriarch Kirill, primate of the Russian Orthodox Church.The two leaders met on 12 February in Havana, Cuba.
At the Central Committee meeting of the WCC, leadership of the Council’s consultative bodies was announced. These bodies will steer through the work of the WCC in accomplishing the call from its 10th Assembly to engage in a “pilgrimage of justice and peace”. The WCC assembly was held in the Republic of Korea in 2013.