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The “dignity of work” or “decent work” in the context of a values-based response to globalization was at the core of a recent international inter-religious seminar hosted by the Geneva-based World Council of Churches (WCC).

The power and political will being used in Libya to protect the safety and interests of the Libyan people “must be directed away from the use of armed force” and “channelled into negotiations to end the bloodshed” now consuming Libya, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) said in a statement on 4 May.

“Dalit studies are driven not by a sense of fascination with the phenomenon of caste but by social responsibility and moral commitment for social transformation. This will elevate the empirical to the universal”, said Prof. Gopal Guru from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, in his keynote address at an international colloquium on “Caste, Religion and Culture” in Kochi, Kerala, India.

As part of a week-long series of events to promote a just peace in Israel and Palestine, Palestinians and Israelis will be praying for peace in front of several Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, the separation wall and in houses of worship in Jerusalem and across Palestine.

Als Teil einer weltweiten Aktionswoche für gerechten Frieden in Israel und Palästina werden Palästinenser und Israelis vor mehreren israelischen Siedlungen im besetzten Westjordanland, der Trennmauer und in Gotteshäusern in Jerusalem und ganz Palästina für den Frieden beten.

An international colloquium on Caste, Religion and Culture will be held in Cochin, Karala, India, 1-4 May. The event will be held at the Renewal Centre in Cochin and is being sponsored by the World Council of Churches (WCC), the National Council of Churches in India, the Centre for Social Studies and Culture and the Student Christian Movement of India.

The Chernobyl disaster of 25 years ago remains a human and environmental tragedy so severe the consequences will continue for centuries. Its anniversary this week is especially timely given the current emergency in Japan which echoes some of Chernobyl’s hard lessons. To learn them would honour those who suffer from the past and could save lives in the future.

Jim Hodgson is a journalist with extensive experience in Latin America and the Caribbean. Since 2000, Hodgson has worked with the United Church of Canada’s Caribbean and Latin America desk, most recently as programme coordinator for South America and the Caribbean.

The church and migration is the focus of the latest issue of the International Review of Mission (IRM). The biannual journal is sponsored by the World Council of Churches and focuses on the ecumenical practice of mission while giving voice to other theological perspectives, such as those of Pentecostal and Evangelical missiologists.

Participants at a recent consultation on theological education in the United Kingdom have called for comprehensive Christian leadership development of both lay and ordained men and women in the church.

Der Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen, Pastor Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, hat Christen in aller Welt dazu ermutigt, dem diesjährigen Osterfest ein klares ökumenisches Profil zu geben und weiter an einem gemeinsamen Osterdatum zu arbeiten. Er wies darauf hin, dass Ostern dieses Jahr für die östlichen wie auch die westlichen Traditionen auf denselben Tag, den 24. April, fällt.

The general secretary of the World Council of Churches, the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, has urged Christians to give this year’s celebration of Easter a clear ecumenical profile and to work for a common date of Easter for the future, noting that this year it falls on the same day 24 April for both eastern and western traditions.

For Armenians around the world Easter Sunday 2011, 24 April, is also Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. For the first time since 1915 April 24 falls on Easter Sunday in the Armenian church calendar. "It is truly a meaningful coincidence, as the existence of the Armenian nation and people itself is a special sign of the power of the resurrection in a world of death," Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit said in a message released today.

Fünf Generalsekretäre der internationalen ökumenischen Organisationen ACT Alliance, Konferenz Europäischer Kirchen (KEK), Lutherischer Weltbund (LWB), Weltgemeinschaft der Reformierten Kirchen (WCRC) und Ökumenischer Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) führten am 8. April, dem letzten Besuchstag des Rates der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland (EKD) im Ökumenischen Zentrum in Genf, ein lebhaftes Gespräch mit führenden Persönlichkeiten der EKD.

„Wir müssen stereotype Vorstellungen vermeiden“, erklärte Präses Nikolaus Schneider, der Vorsitzende des Rates, der die Beziehungen und Aktivitäten der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland (EKD) koordiniert.

Five general secretaries of international ecumenical organizations engaged in lively conversation with leaders of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) on Friday 8 April, the final day of the EKD Council’s visit to the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva. The general secretaries are heads of the ACT Alliance, the Conference of European Churches (CEC), the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) and the World Council of Churches (WCC).

Der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen, die Konferenz Europäischer Kirchen und die Kommission der Kirchen für Migranten in Europa haben sich besorgt über die humanitäre Lage in Libyen geäußert.

“We must avoid stereotypes,” said Rev. Dr Nikolaus Schneider, chair of the council that coordinates relations and activities within the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD). As diverse groups encounter one another in the contemporary dynamics of world Christianity, he added, the key questions are whether the calling of the church is being fulfilled by a given community, and whether Jesus Christ is to be found there.

Eine Delegation des Rates der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland (EKD) begann heute einen Besuch im Ökumenischen Zentrum in Genf mit einer Begegnung mit ÖRK-Generalsekretär Olav Fykse Tveit. Später trafen die Ratsmitglieder auch mit den Generalsekretären des Lutherischen Weltbunds (LWB), der Weltgemeinschaft Reformierter Kirchen (WCRC), der Konferenz Europäischer Kirchen (KEK) und des ACT-Bündnisses zusammen, einer internationalen Allianz von Kirchen und kirchlichen Hilfswerken, die sich für humanitäre Hilfe und Entwicklungsarbeit einsetzt.

The World Council of Churches, Conference of European Churches and the Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe have expressed concern over the humanitarian situation in Libya.