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The Dicastery for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue is hosting a conference in Rome on the importance of women building a culture of interreligious encounter.

At the G20 Interfaith Forum, which took place 12-14 September in Bologna, Peter Prove, director of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, spoke on religious commitments to the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those focusing on children, hunger, water and sanitation.

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, spoke on “Is Christian Ecumenism a Model?” at the G20 Interfaith Forum in Bologna, Italy being held 12-14 September.

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca will participate in the G20 Interfaith Forum, to be held in Bologna, Italy on 12-14 September.

An interfaith peace prayer service in Rome organized by the Sant'Egidio Community on 20 October drew Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Sikh and Hindu leaders who and prayed together.

Religions are often thought of as distinct and competing traditions, but the phenomenon of people belonging to multiple religious traditions is widespread, according to a World Council of Churches (WCC) publication presented during the European Academy of Religion in Bologna, Italy.

On considère souvent les religions comme des traditions distinctes et en compétition les unes avec les autres, mais le phénomène de l’appartenance à de multiples traditions religieuses est très répandu, selon une publication du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) présentée durant l’Académie européenne des religions à Bologne, en Italie.

As part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Centro Pro Unione, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit spoke on 15 November in Rome about “What Does Mutual Accountability Mean for Christians and the Christian Life?”

The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) of the Vatican and the Office of Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation of the WCC met in Geneva from 16-18 April. Staff from the two offices united in prayer, fellowship and joint work on a document titled “Education for Peace in a Multi-Religious World”.

Le Conseil pontifical pour le dialogue interreligieux et le Bureau de la coopération et du dialogue interreligieux du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) se sont réunis à Genève du 16 au 18 avril pour leur rencontre annuelle. Le personnel des deux instances s’est uni dans la prière et la communion pour travailler sur un document intitulé «Éducation à la paix dans un monde multireligieux».

A 50-year-old religious text can shape interreligious relationships crucial for peace-building today, found participants in a workshop organized by the WCC and attended by guests from the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) on 28 October.

Churches in Europe have a crucial role to play in responding to the arrival of refugees in Europe, Germany's interior minister has told a gathering in Geneva of governments, United Nations agencies, church and faith groups and civil society organizations.

Les Églises d’Europe ont un rôle essentiel à jouer face à l’arrivée de réfugiés en Europe, a déclaré à Genève le ministre allemand de l’Intérieur à l’occasion d’une conférence de deux jours réunissant des représentants de gouvernements, d’agences des Nations Unies, d’organismes ecclésiaux et religieux et d’organisations de la société civile.

An international conference held at the invitation of the Foreign Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Nikos Kotzias, has gathered around 70 prominent religious, political and academic figures in Athens, Greece, this week.

To achieve just peace in the Middle East, “it is very adequate to focus on what would maintain and reinforce the cultural and religious diversity that has distinguished this region for long centuries,” said the WCC general secretary.

«Notre communauté fraternelle d’Églises du monde entier a à cœur de soutenir les initiatives en faveur de la paix juste dans toute la région du Moyen-Orient», a déclaré le secrétaire général du COE, lors d’un discours prononcé à Athènes.