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Newly elected ACT Alliance leadership (left to right): treasurer Simangaliso Hove, vice moderator Tegwende Léonard Kinda, moderator Birgitte Qvist-Sørensen and the ACT general secretary Rudelmar Bueno de Faria. Photo: Albin Hillert/ACT

WCC greets new leadership of ACT Alliance

“We look forward to working closely with you in the fulfillment of people’s hopes and needs worldwide to the glory of the one God”, said Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in a message of greeting to Birgitte Qvist-Sørensen, elected moderator of the governing board of ACT Alliance, on 31 October, in Uppsala, Sweden.

31 October 2018
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"My name is Souad. I am from Syria. We left because of the war, it isn't safe." © Sean Hawkey/WCC

WCC/UN conference calls for coordinated action on refugee crisis

Following the WCC/UN High Level Conference on the Refugee Crisis in Europe, which took place at the Ecumenical Centre Geneva on 18-19 January, a statement has been issued entitled "Europe’s Response to the Refuge Crisis, From Origin to Transit, Reception and Refuge, A Call for Shared Responsibility and Coordinated Action”.

20 January 2016