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The World Council of Churches (WCC) is receiving a Bridge Builder Award for building bridges of understanding between people, nations, and communities at national and international levels. The award is presented by the Jury of the 14th August Committee Norway together with The Oslo Center.

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) ha sido premiado con el Bridge Builder Award por tender puentes de entendimiento entre pueblos, naciones y comunidades a escala nacional e internacional. El premio ha sido otorgado por el jurado del Comité Noruego del 14 de Agosto junto con el Centro de Oslo.

As the WCC central committee meeting opened on 23 June, Most Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, presiding bishop of the Church of Norway and former general secretary of the WCC, offered an opening prayer and sermon at what Tveit described as a “profound moment.”

Durante la apertura de la reunión del Comité Central del CMI, el 23 de junio, el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, obispo presidente de la Iglesia de Noruega y antiguo secretario general del CMI, pronunció una oración y un sermón de apertura con los que creó lo que describió como un “momento de gran intensidad”.

During the ecumenical prayer for the staff of the Ecumenical Centre on 15 March, Bishop Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, presiding bishop of the Bishops’ Conference of the Church of Norway, expressed his appreciation for the work of the ecumenical movement during the past year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

An appeal from representatives of Religions for Peace in Norway is urging the Norwegian government to join the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which will come into force on 22 January.

As the years change over the World Council of Churches interim general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca on 31 December condemned the vicious Yemen attack hitting civilians. Sauca also expressed solidarity and prayers with churches and responders who continue to help hundreds of injured and traumatized people of the earthquake in Croatia and Norway landslide.

During a webinar on the many effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Church of Norway fielded reflections from pastors and church leaders in diverse corners of the world. The presentation is part of a new webinar series, produced by Rev. Dr Einar Tjelle, on the local and global realities of COVID-19. Tjelle is head of Ecumenism & Interfaith Dialogue for the Church of Norway and the Council on Ecumenical &International Relations.

Norwegian churches added their voice to the chorus of concern for the people of the Amazon as the coronavirus increasingly spreads. In a letter to the Brazilian embassy, the Church of Norway and the Roman Catholic Church in Norway jointly expressed deep solidarity with the people of Brazil.

Las iglesias de Noruega han sumado su voz a la alarma por los pueblos de la Amazonia ante la creciente propagación del coronavirus. En una carta a la embajada de Brasil, la Iglesia de Noruega y la Iglesia Católica Romana en Noruega expresaron conjuntamente su solidaridad con el pueblo brasileño.

In historic Nidaros Cathedral, the ancient shrine and pilgrimage destination of medieval Trondheim, the Church of Norway on Sunday, 10 May 2020, consecrated the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit as bishop of the Diocese of Nidaros and installed him as Preses or presiding bishop of its Bishops’ Conference.

En la histórica catedral de Nidaros, el antiguo santuario y destino de peregrinación del Trondheim medieval, la Iglesia de Noruega consagró, el domingo 10 de mayo de 2020, al reverendo Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, obispo de la Diócesis de Nidaros y lo nombró preses u obispo presidente de su conferencia episcopal.

For many decades, the World Council of Churches (WCC) has worked to promote peace on the Korean Peninsula. From bringing people from both sides of the divided country together, to building an international ecumenical network to support them, the WCC has a history of formulating and promoting a vision for peace.

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) ha trabajado durante muchas décadas para promover la paz en la península de Corea. Desde reunir a personas de ambas partes del país dividido hasta crear una red ecuménica internacional para brindarles apoyo, el CMI ha formulado y promovido históricamente una visión de paz.

On 5 May, former World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit received the Dongbaek Medal of the Order of Civil Merit of the Republic of Korea, during a ceremony at the Korean Embassy in Oslo, Norway.

El 5 de mayo, el ex secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, recibió la Medalla de Dongbaek de la Orden del Mérito Civil de la República de Co-rea durante una ceremonia en la Embajada de Corea en Oslo (Noruega).

In an online prayer service on 1 April, the World Council of Churches (WCC) bid an official farewell to its outgoing general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, who will take a new role as presiding bishop of the Church of Norway.