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What has contributed to the idea of a “European identity?” And, within a broad-minded vision of secularism, how can churches and other religious communities contribute? In this context, what is the role of Switzerland?

Quels facteurs ont contribué à l’idée d’une «identité européenne»? Dans le cadre d’une définition large du sécularisme, comment les Églises et les autres communautés religieuses peuvent-elles apporter leur contribution? Dans ce contexte, quel est le rôle de la Suisse?

Future collaborative work of the Roman Catholic Church with the WCC was the focus of the latest meeting of executives of their Joint Working Group in Geneva.

L’avenir de la collaboration entre l’Église catholique romaine et le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) était au cœur des discussions de la dernière réunion des responsables de leur Groupe mixte de travail (GMT), qui s’est tenue à Genève les 11 et 12 avril 2016.

David Bradwell of Scottish Faiths Action for Refugees has been on a mission for the past six months trying to raise awareness on what individuals and churches can do to help those fleeing conflicts and wars.

Almost forty years after the advent of HIV and AIDS, people around the world living with HIV still endure assaults on their dignity and basic human rights—from stigma and discrimination to denial of legal protection and even medical care.

“Ecclesiology and Ethics in Africa” is the theme of the latest issue of The Ecumenical Review, the quarterly journal of the World Council of Churches (WCC). The content includes principal presentations made at a June 2015 conference on Ecclesiology and Ethics: the State of Ecumenical Theology in Africa, held at the University of Western Cape in South Africa.

To promote open discussions on the theological and practical discourse, narrative and experiences on implications for the work of the multi-religious organizations on religion, violence and extremism, the WCC, along with the General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church and the General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists held a Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-Based Organizations in International Affairs.

WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit commended the release of the Marrakesh Declaration on the Rights of Religious Minorities in Predominantly Muslim Majority Communities.

Le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, secrétaire général du COE, a salué la publication de la Déclaration de Marrakech sur les droits des minorités religieuses dans les pays à majorité musulmane.

The Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe and the WCC have published a revised and updated edition of their joint study, Mapping Migration: Mapping Churches’ Responses in Europe. The 2016 text explores challenges and changes in the European church landscape in light of international migration.

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.

In 1967, the Albanian government, under despotic leader Enver Hoxha, began closing down all religious institutions in the country, declaring Albania the world’s first officially atheist state.

A compelling portrayal of the revival of the collective church in Albania is found in the voices of individuals such as Nathan Hoppe, who recalls arriving there in 1998.

Edward Dommen has been honoured for writing A Peaceable Economy, his 2014 book on the potential for peacemaking through economics. The work appears in the Voices and Visions series of WCC Publications, the World Council of Churches book publishing programme.

How and in which ways are money and finance shaping the world economy and society? What ought to be the roles of money and finance and what can we do together as faith communities to make the prevailing international financial architecture more just and compassionate?

A WCC delegation visited Ireland from 28 November to 1 December to explore how the international ecumenical community may best support churches in the global fellowship and work together on the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace.

Du 28 novembre au 1er décembre, une délégation du COE a visité l’Irlande afin d’explorer des façons pour la communauté œcuménique internationale de mieux soutenir la communauté fraternelle d’Églises et de travailler avec elle dans le cadre du pèlerinage de justice et de paix.

A delegation from the WCC went to the Inter Faith Centre at the Dublin City University in the Republic of Ireland as part of the four-day member church visit to Ireland from 28 November to 1 December.