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“Mission is not an action or activity we can choose. It is an expression of daily life. It belongs to the whole church and is not the function of just a few or of an agency,” says Father Ioan Sauca, deputy general secretary of the World Council of Churches.

Vom 24. bis 27. Mai traf sich die Leitung der Gemeinsamen Arbeitsgruppe der römisch-katholischen Kirche und des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen in Targoviste, Rumänien, um die Zusammenarbeit bei der Friedensförderung sowie die ökumenischen Herausforderungen und Gelegenheiten zu erörtern, die Migrantinnen, Migranten und Flüchtlinge darstellen.
Metropolit Nifon von Targoviste war Gastgeber der Gruppe in seiner Erzdiözese. Gemeinsam mit dem Erzbischof von Dublin und Primas von Irland, Diarmuid Martin, sitzt er der Gemeinsamen Arbeitsgruppe vor.

The leaders of the Joint Working Group (JWG) between the Roman Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches met 24-27 May in Targoviste, Romania, to discuss cooperation in peace building and the ecumenical challenge and opportunity posed by migrants and refugees.

In the wake of recent crisis with the refugees in Europe, it is “absolutely and critically necessary that all European states take their proper responsibility in terms of reception and support for people seeking refuge, safety and a better future for themselves and their families. This cannot be left only to the states where they enter first,” says the WCC general secretary.