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En un servicio de oración en línea celebrado el 1 de abril, el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) dijo oficialmente adiós a su secretario general saliente, Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, que ocupará un nuevo puesto como obispo presidente de la Iglesia de Noruega.

After more than ten years heading the World Council of Churches (WCC), Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit says this is the time that "we should remind one another that we believe in God as the “Good shepherd” who promised to be with us also in times of crisis,” especially in this time of the global COVID-19 crisis.

Tras más de diez años a la cabeza del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit afirma que “es el momento de recordarnos unos a otros que creemos en Dios como el “Buen Pastor” que prometió estar con nosotros en tiempos difíciles, especialmente ahora que nos enfrentamos a la crisis mundial de la COVID-19”.

After more than 30 years as a pastor, ecumenist and church leader, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit firmly believes that the church can change the world. As general secretary of the WCC for the past ten years, he has witnessed what Jesus Christ means to people of faith around the globe. By the end of this month he heads home to lead the Church of Norway as presiding bishop of its bishop’s conference.

Después de más de 30 años como pastor, ecumenista y líder eclesiástico, el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit cree firmemente que la iglesia puede cambiar el mundo. Como secretario general del CMI durante los últimos diez años, ha sido testigo de lo que Jesucristo significa para las personas religiosas de todo el mundo. A finales de este mes, el Rev. Fykse Tveit vuelve a casa para dirigir la Iglesia de Noruega como obispo presidente de su conferencia episcopal.

Church leaders from Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark signed a statement demanding that we take “human responsibility” for refugees on the border between Turkey and Greece.

Speaking in Bergen, Norway at an international conference on Sustainability and Climate in Re-ligion organized by the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, The Church of Norway and The Council for Religious and Life Stance Communities in Norway, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit offered reflections on “What’s love got to do with it? Climate justice and care for the earth.”

Al participar en Bergen (Noruega) en la conferencia internacional sobre “La sostenibilidad y el clima en la religión”, organizada por la Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas de Noruega Occidental, la Iglesia de Noruega y el Consejo de Comunidades Religiosas y No Religiosas de Noruega, el secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, aportó sus reflexiones sobre “¿Qué tiene que ver el amor con esto? La justicia climática y el cuidado de la Tierra”.

On 30 January, the Church Council of the Church of Norway appointed World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit as the new presiding bishop for the Church of Norway.

El 30 de enero, el Consejo de la Iglesia de Noruega nombró al secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, nuevo obispo primado de la Iglesia de Noruega.

Retired Bishop Gunnar Stålsett was convicted by an Oslo court as on 19 December, for having offered work and income to a rejected refugee who couldn’t be sent back to Eritrea. That became illegal in 2011, but Stålsett described himself as a conscientious objector to a law he views as simply wrong. Bishop Stålsett’s case attracted more media coverage in Norway and worldwide, after he was convicted of violating immigration law.

An 84-year-old former bishop of Oslo, Gunnar Stålsett, was ordered to appear in court because he illegally employed a woman from Eritrea who’d been denied asylum and wound up as an undocumented and rejected refugee.

The Bishops' Conference of the Church of Norway has nominated World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit as its new presiding bishop.

La Conferencia Episcopal de la Iglesia de Noruega ha nombrado al secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, como su nuevo obispo presidente.

Religions for Peace is the world's largest and most representative multi-religious coalition, and as in other multi-faith groups, the World Council of Churches (WCC) and its ecumenical family figure strongly in its leadership bodies.

Religiones por la Paz es la coalición plurirreligiosa más grande y representativa del mundo y, como en otros grupos multiconfesionales, el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) y su familia ecuménica tienen una importante presencia en su grupo de liderazgo.

Erhard Hermansen is general secretary of the Christian Council of Norway, which has been collaborating closely with churches in Sudan and South Sudan for nearly 30 years. Hermansen attended the South Sudan Council of Churches 2019 Assembly in late August, and shares his reflections and hopes below.

This week Norwegians are gathering to discuss a large variety of political topics during an event called “Arendalsuka”. Nearly 80 000 people are filling the small town of Arendal with seminars, debates, exhibitions and events. During this week The Christian Council of Norway wanted to arrange an ecumenical worship, but the event was rejected by the main organizer of the week. Their reason for rejecting a worship was that the week is supposed to be open to all – regardless of faith or political view.

Bishop Ingeborg Midttømme, from the Church of Norway, serves at the diocese of Møre, in the northwestern part of the Scandinavian country. She is also a board member of Norwegian Church Aid. Over the past years, she has been an active participant in international events that focus on the global agenda on sustainable development, such as the United Nations annual climate conferences.