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Fifty years ago, Dr Martin Luther King was still planning for his sermon at the opening of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Fourth Assembly in the serene town of Uppsala, Sweden. But just three months before the assembly’s opening service, he is assassinated. His dream of a new world is, however, alive at the assembly.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit spoke on “The Oneness of the Ecumenical Movement” at the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) 11th General Assembly, being held in Kigali, Rwanda from 1-7 July.

When the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary, Olav Fykse Tveit, first visited Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican in December 2010 he took with him a pair of warm gloves as a gift for the pontiff.

Quando il segretario generale del Consiglio ecumenico delle chiese (CEC), Olav Fykse Tveit, fece visita per la prima volta a Papa Benedetto XVI in Vaticano, nel dicembre del 2010, portò con sé un paio di guanti caldi come dono per il pontefice.

The general secretary of the World Council of Churches, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, told the new Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Council meeting that its stated theme—“Freely you have received, freely give” (Matt. 10:8)—not only “points to the most significant contribution of the Lutheran tradition” to the ecumenical movement but also “goes to the heart of our shared mission as churches.”

The visit of the pope to the World Council of Churches (WCC) has special significance, given the current situation in the Middle East and North Africa, where Christians are suffering persecution, says a member of WCC’s senior governing body.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has published a book by British ecumenist Rev. Dr Donald W. Norwood presenting the story of the global church network since its creation in 1948. Pilgrimage of Faith: Introducing the World Council of Churches offers a lively and informative historical sketch of the organization and is a key resource to mark WCC’s 70th anniversary.

‘Walking, praying and working together’ was the theme of Pope Francis’ 21 June visit to Geneva to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches (WCC). Among those listening to the Pope's words was Pentecostal pastor Rev. Frank Chikane, one of the leaders of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa.

‘Camminando, pregando e lavorando insieme’ è stato il tema della visita del 21 giugno di Papa Francesco a Ginevra per celebrare il 70° anniversario del Consiglio ecumenico delle chiese (CEC).

A livello locale, le relazioni tra cattolici e protestanti in Indonesia Orientale non sono così complesse come parlare di dogmi a livelli clericali più alti, dice un pastore della chiesa protestante di Maluku.

Relations between Catholics and Protestants at the local level in East Indonesia are not as complex as talking about dogma at higher church levels, says a pastor from the Protestant Church in Maluku.

“I will pray for you, that the Lord will accompany you at every step, particularly on the journey of ecumenism.” With these words, spoken at the close of the liturgy with 30,000 people in the convention hall of Palexpo, Pope Francis ended his daylong Ecumenical Pilgrimage to Geneva and offered a strong encouragement to the Catholic community in Switzerland to live ecumenically with the faithful of other denominations.

“Pregherò per voi, affinché il Signore vi accompagni ad ogni passo, in particolare nel cammino verso l’ecumenismo”. Con queste parole, pronunciate al termine della liturgia a cui hanno partecipato 30.000 persone presso la sala congressi di Palexpo, Papa Francesco ha concluso il suo pellegrinaggio ecumenico a Ginevra, durato un giorno, e ha rivolto un profondo incoraggiamento alla comunità cattolica in Svizzera a vivere ecumenicamente con i fedeli di altre confessioni.

To mark the visit of Pope Francis to the WCC on 21 June, a special online “Virtual Issue” of the WCC’s quarterly journal, The Ecumenical Review, is offering a set of articles about relationships between the WCC and the Roman Catholic Church.

Korea’s Christian leaders have urged Catholics to work together with the WCC to help bring peace and reconciliation to their country. Rev. Dr Sang Chang, president of WCC’s Asia region, and Rev. Dr Lee Hong-jeong, general secretary of the National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) were speaking as Pope Francis visited the headquarters of the ecumenical movement in Geneva to mark the WCC’s 70th anniversary.

Pope Francis has praised the ecumenical atmosphere of his visit to Geneva to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), and has said work by churches for peace is a mandate from God in a world threatened by crises.

Papa Francesco ha elogiato l’atmosfera ecumenica della sua visita a Ginevra per celebrare il 70° anniversario del Consiglio ecumenico delle chiese (CEC), e ha affermato che il lavoro delle chiese per la pace è un mandato di Dio in un mondo minacciato da crisi.

Pope Francis and leaders of the World Council of Churches (WCC) exchanged gifts at a simple open-air ceremony in the garden of the WCC’s Ecumenical Institute at Bossey near Geneva, during the pontiff’s one-day visit to Switzerland to celebrate the WCC’s 70th anniversary.

Papa Francesco e i leader del Consiglio ecumenico delle chiese (CEC) si sono scambiati dei doni in una semplice cerimonia all’aperto tenutasi nel giardino dell’Istituto ecumenico di Bossey vicino a Ginevra, durante la visita di un giorno del pontefice in Svizzera per celebrare il 70° anniversario del CEC.

When asked to talk about her story of faith, Rev. Dr Sang Chang doesn’t hesitate for a moment. The president of the Asia region of the World Council of Churches (WCC) is eager to tell how her faith has supported her career as a theologian, academic, advocate for women’s rights, and South Korea’s first female acting prime minister.