Search results

This inter-religious event, which is going to be divided into two panels, will allow the faith traditions to share convictions and visions for the dignity of work and of the workers.

De nouvelles forces transforment le monde du travail. Les transitions que cela implique imposent des mesures décisives. Lorsque les croyantes et les croyants mènent une réflexion sur l’avenir de notre humanité, une place centrale est accordée à la dignité humaine, fondée sur le discernement du bien commun.

Under the 2018 theme of "Know your status", World AIDS Day is an opportunity to remember the people who have been lost to the epidemic, to we give thanks for the progress made and make new commitments to ensuring no one is left behind.

Members of WCC staff are taking part in the 41st edition of the City of Geneva’s annual Escalade race for the third year in a row.

Des membres du personnel du COE participent, pour la troisième année consécutive, à la 41e édition de la course de l’Escalade organisée chaque année par la Ville de Genève.

On the occasion of 2018 World Children’s Day, and in recognition of the WCC’s 70th anniversary, UNICEF and WCC are convening a number of WCC member churches and common partners to celebrate the UNICEF-WCC global partnership and to take stock of the many achievements of the Churches’ Commitments to Children.

À l’occasion de la Journée mondiale de l’enfance 2018, et en reconnaissance du 70e anniversaire du COE, l’UNICEF et le COE célèbrent leur partenariat mondial en dressant un bilan des nombreuses réalisations de l’engagement des Églises en faveur des enfants.

This event aims to deepen understanding of what it means to be both faith- and rights-based by taking a look at prophetic diakonia and advocacy as integral parts of the work of the WCC and ACT Alliance.

The World Council of Churches invites a Churches’ Week of Action on Food, from 15-22 October 2018.

Sing-along with Swedish hymns (all in English) and WCC 70 anniversary songs, together with the board of the Anders-Frostenson Foundation.

This public event presents the new WCC publication "Emilio Castro: A Legacy of Passionate Ecumenism," a biography of the first Latin American to serve as the fellowship’s general secretary.

The United Church of Canada, in partnership with the WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, is presenting a webinar on anti-Black racism and Afrophobia. This webinar is part of the church’s participation in the UN International Decade for People of African Descent.

L’Église unie du Canada, en partenariat avec la Commission des Églises pour les affaires internationales du Conseil œcuménique des Églises, présente un webinaire sur le racisme envers les personnes noires et l’afrophobie. Ce webinaire s’inscrit dans le cadre de la participation de l’Église à la Décennie internationale des personnes d’ascendance africaine.

In the context of the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches, the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace and the 2030 sustainable development agenda, an international consultation will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the WCC’s Decade of the Churches in Solidarity with Women (1988-1998). The consultation will reflect on the achievements and challenges in building a just community of women and men and to strengthen ecumenical collaboration in reading the signs of our times in order to map the future direction of our work.

Dans le contexte du 70ᵉ anniversaire du COE, du Pèlerinage de justice et de paix et du Programme de développement durable à l’horizon 2030, un colloque international commémorera le 20ᵉ anniversaire de la fin de la Décennie œcuménique des Églises solidaires des femmes (1988-1998). Ce colloque vise à réfléchir à ce qui a été accompli et aux difficultés rencontrées pour édifier une communauté juste pour les femmes et pour les hommes ainsi qu’à renforcer la collaboration œcuménique en matière de lecture des signes de notre temps afin de définir l’orientation de nos futurs travaux.

During a 23 August service in the Netherlands in the Nieuwe Kerk, a 15th-century church in Amsterdam, World Council of Churches leaders will celebrate the WCC’s 70th anniversary at the very spot in which the organization was founded.  A “Walk of Peace” through Amsterdam, and a symposium under the theme “Hospitality on a pilgrim's way to peace and justice”, at the Vrije Universiteit, will also be held on the same day.

Le 23 août prochain à Amsterdam, lors d'un service organisé dans la Nieuwe Kerk, une église du 15e siècle, les dirigeants du Conseil œcuménique des Églises célèbreront le 70e anniversaire de l'organisation, à l'endroit même où celle-ci a été fondée. Une «Marche pour la paix» à travers la capitale néerlandaise et un symposium sur le thème «L'hospitalité sur le chemin de la paix et de la justice» à l'Université Vrije d'Amsterdam auront également lieu le même jour.

Convinced of the pivotal role that the churches can play in the task of promoting a just and peaceful human society, the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and the World Council of Churches in collaboration with the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, undertake to host a world conference that brings together governmental, intergovernmental, civil society, academic, religious, and ecumenical leaders and actors from around the globe to reflect and together seek cohesive and realistic responses to the phenomenon of increasing xenophobia [xénos/stranger+phóbos/fear], racism, and populist nationalism in political and social responses to migrants and refugees. The conference is committed to inclusive participation and to hearing the voices of migrants and refugees themselves.

WCC Central Committee members will join local church leaders, partners and friends of the council, as well as staff and former staff living in and near Geneva for a 10-11 a.m. prayer service, followed by a welcome drink offered by the local parish in the courtyard of the cathedral. Ecumenical Patriarch His All-Holiness Bartholomew I has kindly accepted to give the homily.