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Bishop Olav Fykse Tveit publishes “Visions of Christian Unity”

Bishop Olav Fykse Tveit, presiding bishop of the Church of Norway, and former general secretary of the World Council of Churches, has published "Visions of Christian Unity”, a volume that sketches an ecumenical movement that reveals a horizon of hope and illumines many of our most pressing global challenges.

Un siècle de théologie œcuménique désormais à portée de main

Première publication numérique substantielle du Conseil œcuménique des Églises et sa plus grande collection gratuite, les Documents de Foi et constitution ouvrent de nouvelles possibilités pour les intellectuels, les œcuménistes et quiconque s’intéresse à parcourir les méandres de la voie qui mène à l’unité chrétienne.

WCC Pilgrim Team Visits accompany communities in Italy, Armenia, Norway

Three World Council of Churches (WCC) Pilgrim Team Visits, one to Italy, a second to Armenia and a third to Norway, are continuing the WCCs accompaniment for communities in their quest for justice and peace under the theme of Christs love moves the world to reconciliation and unity,” through the lenses of post-war trauma healing, gender justice, and migration.

L’héritage complexe de Dietrich Bonhoeffer continue d’éclairer notre chemin

Un webinaire s’est tenu le 23 septembre pour commémorer le 90ᵉ anniversaire de l’arrivée dans le mouvement œcuménique de Dietrich Bonhoeffer et son témoignage en faveur de la paix. Ce webinaire a permis de mener une réflexion sur la manière dont la sagesse de ce théologien luthérien allemand a résisté à l’épreuve du temps, continuant d’éclairer le mouvement œcuménique aujourd’hui.

Church bells rings in Norway on 10-year anniversary of Utøya attack

Church bells rang for five minutes across Norway on 22 July, it marked the 10th anniversary of the twin attacks that killed 77 Norwegians and left hundreds of others scarred for life “both in body and soul,” as Oslo Bishop Kari Veiteberg put it at the memorial service in the Oslo Cathedral.

WCC digital archive now included in Globethics.net library

A collection of documents and publications from the World Council of Churches (WCC) is now available through its longstanding partner organization Globethics.net. The WCC collection, updated weekly, reflects a growing and longstanding electronic bridge between the organizations’ websites.

Arctic communities to WCC pilgrims: “We need your voice”

Lorraine Netro, who was raised in the Gwichin First Nation of Old Crow, Yukon (Canada), is part of an indigenous community—but shes also a global citizen.

Todays Arctic peoples are important members of global society,” Netro said. The survival of Arctic cultures and communities remains tied to the wildlife and landscape of the Arctic Refuge.”