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The 10th World Assembly of Religions for Peace is convening in Lindau, Germany, this week. The multi-religious gathering is being organized from 20-23 August in partnership with the Foundation Peace Dialogue of the World Religions and Civil Society.

Rev. Fidon Mwombeki, All Africa Conference of Churches general secretary, has expressed concern at the slow pace of the South Sudan peace process, while highlighting that the Africa-wide ecumenical body has accompanied the people in the world’s youngest nation for many years.

On 5 August, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem released a statement in relation to the properties of Jaffa Gate. “The Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem views the attempts of the radical organization, Ateret Cohanim, to seize church properties located in Jerusalem’s Jaffa Gate and al-Mu'athamiyah, as a strike to the indigenous Christian presence in the Holy City,” the statement reads.

Dr. Nigussu Legesse shared in the joy a year ago when the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church declared an end to a 27-year-old schism that had torn it apart. That rapprochement set in motion a series of events that are taking him back to his homeland.
Legesse was then World Council of Churches (WCC) programme executive and convener for Africa.
After more than 10 years at the council, he is moving back to Addis Ababa as executive director of the Consortium of Christian Relief and Development Associations.

The World Council of Churches invites all people of good will to observe a Sunday of Prayer for the Peaceful Reunification of the Korean Peninsula on 11 August.

Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises invite toutes les personnes de bonne volonté à observer, le 11 août, un «dimanche de prière pour la réunification pacifique de la péninsule coréenne».

Salpy Eskidjian Weiderud, leader of the Religious Track of the Cyprus Peace Process, has received an International Religious Freedom Award from the US Department of State. The awards “honor extraordinary advocates of religious freedom from around the world” and will be presented on 17 July in Washington, D.C.

Salpy Eskidjian Weiderud, responsable du Religious Track of the Cyprus Peace Process (RTCYPP, Suivi religieux du processus de paix à Chypre), a reçu le Prix international de la liberté de la presse du Département d’État américain. Le prix «honore les défenseurs et défenseuses extraordinaires de la liberté religieuse dans le monde entier» et sera remis le 17 juillet à Washington, D.C.

An Ecumenical Forum for Peace, Reunification and Development Cooperation on the Korean Peninsula, held 10-12 July in Bangkok, has issued a communique that reiterates calls for peace and outlines possible steps toward renewed dialogue.

Le Forum œcuménique pour la paix, la réunification et la coopération pour le développement dans la péninsule coréenne, qui s’est tenu du 10 au 12 juillet à Bangkok, en Thaïlande, a publié un communiqué qui réitère les appels à la paix et décrit des pistes possibles pour donner un nouvel élan au dialogue.

At the Ecumenical Forum for Peace, Reunification and Development Cooperation on the Korean Peninsula, being held in Bangkok on 10-12 July, the World Council of Churches (WCC) reiterated its call for peace on the Korean Peninsula.

À l’occasion du Forum œcuménique pour la paix, la réunification et la coopération pour le développement dans la péninsule coréenne convoqué du 10 au 12 juillet, le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) a réitéré son appel à la paix dans la péninsule coréenne.

Faith leaders across the USA released on 9 July a jointly signed statement entitled “Back from the Brink: Faith leaders call for diplomacy, not war, with Iran.”

The National Council of Churches in Korea has initiated a new part of a global peace treaty campaign, extending to Constantinople, Russia and Eastern Europe during 2019. Ultimately the goal is to end the Korean War and establish a permanent peace regime by turning the current armistice to a peace treaty.

The last of three capacity-building seminars on Human Resources and Church Leadership for Diakonia and Development took place in Maputo, Mozambique, 18-20 June. This most recent seminar was for Portuguese speakers in Africa, with participants coming mainly from Angola and Mozambique. The first two seminars - for French and English speakers respectively - were held in May in Cotonou, Bénin, and Nairobi, Kenya.

In a meeting on 12 June in Geneva with World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit and Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe general secretary Torsten Moritz, the United Nations high commissioner for refugees Filippo Grandi said the role of churches in Europe is “phenomenal” when it comes to helping refugees.

À l’occasion d’une réunion le 12 juin à Genève avec le secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises, le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, et le secrétaire général de la Commission des Églises auprès des Migrants en Europe, Torsten Moritz, le Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés, Filippo Grandi, a déclaré que le rôle des Églises en Europe est «phénoménal» dans l’aide fournie aux réfugié-e-s.

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Russian Orthodox Church Department of External Church Relations, visited the WCC at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva on 5 June, during a visit to Switzerland.

Le métropolite Hilarion de Volokolamsk, président du département des relations ecclésiales extérieures de l’Église orthodoxe russe, s’est rendu au Centre œcuménique du COE à Genève, dans le cadre de sa visite en Suisse.
Lors d’une réunion avec le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, secrétaire général du COE, il a réitéré la position de Sa Sainteté le patriarche Cyrille de l’Église orthodoxe russe selon laquelle le COE revêt toujours de l’importance pour l’Église orthodoxe russe, et sa participation aux travaux du COE se poursuivra.

The First World War had started, and the planet was in crisis when he became Archbishop of Uppsala in 1914, but through it all, ecumenical trailblazer and peace-seeker Nathan Söderblom envisioned a new way for the church, a man who acted.