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Looking toward the 2022 assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) that will gather around the theme “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity,” the latest issue of the WCC journal International Review of Mission focuses on the relationship between mission and unity.

Le Comité exécutif du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) se réunira du 12 au 17 novembre. Pour sa première réunion en personne depuis deux ans, il se penchera sur les préparatifs de la 11ᵉ Assemblée du COE à Karlsruhe (Allemagne) en 2022 et sur le 75ᵉ anniversaire des formations œcuméniques de l’Institut œcuménique de Bossey.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee will meet for the first time in two years, 12-17 November, focusing on preparations for the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany in 2022, and celebrating 75 years of ecumenical formation at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute.

«Dies Academicus» est un rassemblement annuel particulier qui se tient à l’Institut œcuménique de Bossey du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE). L’édition de cette année académique a eu lieu le 4 novembre dernier. Le groupe de 33 étudiant-e-s venu-e-s de 20 pays différents a écouté quatre orateurs venus partager leurs réflexions sur le thème «Le racisme est-il une question de foi?». Les orateurs ont réaffirmé la déclaration de la 4^e Assemblée du COE à Uppsala qui a qualifié le racisme de péché.

De la consolidation de la paix à la vie spirituelle, des droits de l'enfant à la planification de la 11e Assemblée, le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) est un lieu très actif, comme l'ont découvert les étudiants de l'Institut œcuménique de Bossey du COE lors d'une "Semaine de réflexion" proposée par le personnel du COE.

From peacebuilding to spiritual life, from children’s rights to planning for the 11th Assembly, the World Council for Churches (WCC) is a busy place, as students from the WCC Bossey Ecumenical Institute learned during a “Week of Focus” offered by WCC staff.

“Dies Academicus,” is a special annual gathering at the World Council of Churches (WCC) Bossey Ecumenical institute. This academic year’s installment took place on 4 November. The current cohort of  33 students from 20 countries listened to a panel of four speakers who shared reflections  on the theme, “Is racism a faith question?” The panel reaffirmed the WCC 4th Assembly held in Uppsala, which declared racism as sin.

Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) et l'Alliance biblique universelle (ABU) ont tenu un sommet des dirigeants le 26 octobre, en partageant des mots d'espoir face aux défis actuels posés par la pandémie de COVID-19 et en discutant des préparatifs de la 11^e Assemblée du COE à Karlsruhe, en Allemagne, en 2022.

Taking its cue from a lecture by former World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Philip Potter, the October issue of the WCC quarterly The Ecumenical Review explores the meaning of the “oikoumene,” which in Greek refers to the whole inhabited earth and gives “ecumenism” its name.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) and United Bible Societies (UBS) held a leadership summit on 26 October, sharing words of hope amid ongoing challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and also discussing preparations for the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany in 2022.

On 25 October, students, faculty and friends of the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Institute at Bossey marked the 75th anniversary of the “living laboratory of ecumenism,” as Bossey is affectionately called.

The application deadline has been extended for the World Council of Churches (WCC) Global Ecumenical Theological Institute (GETI) 2022, which will take place in two phases—online and residential—under the theme “Christ’s Love (Re)moves Borders.”

During a discussion hosted by the Dicastery for Catholic Education on 5 October, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca met with representatives of religions to discuss the major challenges for education in today's world.

A team from the Church of Westphalia visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Institute at Bossey from 27 September to 1 October, exploring a global view of ecumenism by learning about the WCC as a global ecumenical organisation.