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À l’occasion de la Journée internationale dédiée à la mémoire des victimes de l’holocauste, le secrétaire général par intérim du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le père Ioan Sauca, a invité à faire une pause pour se souvenir des 6 millions de victimes juives de l’holocauste et des millions d’autres victimes du nazisme pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, World Council of Churches (WCC) interim general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca called upon people to pause to remember the 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and the millions of other victims of Nazism during the Second World War.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is currently working on learning from its member churches and other partners about the realities around the world of racism, discrimination, and xenophobia, WCC director of international affairs Peter Prove has told a gathering at the United Nations in Geneva.
Prove, director of the WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, Prove was speaking on 17 September at a side event during the 42nd UN Human Rights Council from 9 - 27 September at the Palais des Nations.

Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) se forme auprès de ses Églises membres et autres partenaires sur la réalité du racisme, de la discrimination et de la xénophobie autour du monde, a déclaré Peter Prove, directeur des affaires internationales du COE, lors d’une réunion aux Nations Unies à Genève.

Directeur de la Commission des Églises pour les affaires internationales du COE, Peter Prove parlait le 17 septembre lors d’un événement parallèle organisé pendant le 42e Conseil des droits de l’homme de l’ONU, qui se tient du 9 au 27 septembre au Palais des Nations.

The Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz hosted an international conference on “The Many Faces of Jesus Christ: Contextual Christology in a New World Come of Age.” Meeting from July 4-6 on the university campus, the conference brought together 20 scholars from Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America to listen to and debate new developments in Christology from around the world. Anglican, Baptist, Catholic, Pentecostal and Reformed theologians made presentations on Christology, as reflected in theological writings, poetry, art, music and murals, and lived experience.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit sent greetings to Muslim friends and colleagues as they celebrated the festival of Eid al-Fitr.

“Many Christians find that it is an enriching experience, and indeed a positive challenge to their faith, to observe something of how Muslims practise their faith through the month of Ramadan,” wrote Tveit. "For example, your commitment to fasting, to mutual forgiveness, and to remembering the needs of the poor and hungry, is a welcome reminder to Christians that these practices are also important to us in our own faith.”

Le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), a envoyé ses vœux aux amis et collègues musulmans du COE à l’occasion de la fête de l’Aïd-el-Fitr.

«Beaucoup de chrétiens trouvent enrichissant et même stimulant pour leur foi d’observer comment les musulmans pratiquent leur religion pendant le mois du ramadan, a-t-il écrit. Par exemple, votre engagement à jeûner, à vous pardonner mutuellement et à vous souvenir des besoins des pauvres et des personnes qui ont faim rappelle à juste titre aux chrétiens que ces pratiques revêtent également de l’importance dans notre propre religion.»

As Buddhists across the world prepare to observe the festival of Vesak, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit extended greetings to the WCC’s Buddhist partners. “May you continue to be inspired by the wisdom of Gautama Buddha whose birth, enlightenment and death you commemorate on this festive day,” wrote Tveit.

À l’heure où les bouddhistes du monde entier se préparent à célébrer la fête du Vesak, le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), a adressé ses vœux aux partenaires bouddhistes du COE. «Puissiez-vous continuer à vous inspirer de la sagesse de Gautama Bouddha, dont vous commémorez la naissance, l’éveil et la mort en ce jour de fête», a-t-il écrit.

In the wake of the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka, the Omnia Institute for Contextual Leadership, based in Chicago, lifted up points of hope that peace will win in the end. In a 25 April message, Shanta Premawardhana, president of the institute, wrote that every person of every faith of every nation deserves to wake up in peace. “Every child deserves to feel safe, welcomed, and alive to the promise that each day brings,” Premawardhana wrote. “I'm sure you know that this is why we build Interfaith Peacemaker Teams in Sri Lanka.”

An ecumenical delegation coordinated by the World Council of Churches (WCC) visited Indonesia on 15-22 February, including the provinces of Papua and Papua Barat - where increasing violence and discrimination against indigenous Papuan people was recently highlighted in a joint statement by five UN human rights mandate-holders.

Une délégation œcuménique coordonnée par le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) s’est rendue en Indonésie du 15 au 22 février, visitant notamment les provinces de la Papouasie et de la Papouasie occidentale, où, selon une déclaration commune récente de cinq mandataires des Nations Unies travaillant dans le domaine des droits de la personne, les violences et les discriminations à l’encontre des populations papoues autochtones se multiplient.

Under the headline “Free to change” hundreds of Swedes gathered in the sacred cathedral in Gothenburg on 2 February to learn more about international advocacy from a faith and human rights perspective.

A full-day programme arranged by the dioceses of Skara and Gothenburg in cooperation with Church of Sweden’s youth organisation, covered a wide spectrum of pertinent issues facing the ecumenical movement.

Calling for a new social pact, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit urged an international, interreligious conference in Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to use their religious influence and institutions to nurture tolerance and respect through the transcendent value and concrete practices of love.

Dans son appel à un nouveau pacte social, le secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, enjoint les personnes participant à Conférence mondiale interreligieuse organisée à Abu Dhabi, aux Émirats arabes unis, à faire usage de leur influence et de leurs institutions religieuses pour promouvoir la tolérance et le respect grâce à la valeur transcendantale et à la pratique concrète de l’amour.

The annual meeting with the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) and the World Council of Churches was held in Rome from 10-11 January. Staff of both the PCID and the Office of Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation of the World Council of Churches participated.

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 World Council of Churches (WCC) has made several new appointments this year, welcoming programme executives, a programme director, and a new dean of the Bossey Ecumenical Institute.

Speakers at a world conference on human rights and religion at the United Nations in Geneva, including the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary, have stressed the need for equal citizenship rights to counter xenophobia and discrimination.