The Dicastery for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue is hosting a conference in Rome on the importance of women building a culture of interreligious encounter.
On 20 May 2022, a group of us, 14 pilgrims from different parts of the world (Kenya, Brussels, Germany, Hong Kong, Philippines, Poland, Rome, Korea, Canada, Fiji, Australia, London, Scotland, and Geneva—a very diverse group) gathered in Palermo, Italy for a Pilgrim Team Visit on the theme of migration.
Three World Council of Churches (WCC) Pilgrim Team Visits, one to Italy, a second to Armenia and a third to Norway, are continuing the WCC’s accompaniment for communities in their quest for justice and peace under the theme of “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity,” through the lenses of post-war trauma healing, gender justice, and migration.
The Central Mediterranean route is the overseas crossing from North Africa to Italy. Those migrating on this route generally aim to reach Italian shores but leave from a variety of North African countries bordering the Mediterranean. Though in past years most migrants have departed from Libya, which is a destination for migrants as well as a transit country, there is also a proportionally small but growing number of departures from Tunisia, Egypt, and Algeria.
At the G20 Interfaith Forum, which took place 12-14 September in Bologna, Peter Prove, director of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, spoke on religious commitments to the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those focusing on children, hunger, water and sanitation.
World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, spoke on “Is Christian Ecumenism a Model?” at the G20 Interfaith Forum in Bologna, Italy being held 12-14 September.
World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca will participate in the G20 Interfaith Forum, to be held in Bologna, Italy on 12-14 September.
An interfaith peace prayer service in Rome organized by the Sant'Egidio Community on 20 October drew Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Sikh and Hindu leaders who and prayed together.
A new report and resource kit to address hateful content online has been published by WACC Europe, the European region of the World Association for Christian Communication.
The movie Eldorado, in which filmmaker Markus Imhoof examines the European migrant crisis and contrasts it against his boyhood experience with a post-World War II Italian refugee, has received recognition from the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) and SIGNIS, a Roman Catholic lay ecclesial movement for professionals in the communication.
The film was awarded because it highlights universal values.
The Sant'Egidio community began a “Peace with no borders” conference in Madrid on 15 September, gathering religious leaders from all over the world to address each other on migration, the environment, dialogue and inclusion.
Die Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland und der Bürgermeister von Palermo (Italien), Leoluca Orlando, haben eine gemeinsame Erklärung verfasst, in der sie zu einem europäischen Verteilmechanismus für Bootsflüchtlinge aufrufen.
Gegenwärtig gibt es keinen europaweiten Verteilmechanismus, um im Mittelmeer gerettete Flüchtlinge in der Europäischen Union unterzubringen. Die Erklärung ruft zu einer politischen Notlösung in diesem Sommer auf, und fordert, dass eine Gruppe von EU-Mitgliedsstaaten als eine „Koalition der Willigen“ handelt und eine zukunftsfähige Migrationspolitik entwickelt.
The Protestant Church in Germany and Palermo (Italy) Mayor Leoluca Orlando have issued a joint declaration calling for a European distribution mechanism for boat refugees.
Currently there is no Europe-wide distribution mechanism to accommodate refugees rescued in the Mediterranean in the European Union. The declaration calls for a political emergency solution this summer, and urges a group of European Union member states to act as a “coalition of the willing” and develop a sustainable migration policy.
La Iglesia Protestante en Alemania y el alcalde de Palermo (Italia), Leoluca Orlando, han emitido una declaración conjunta para pedir un mecanismo europeo de distribución de los refugiados del mar.
Actualmente no existe un mecanismo de distribución a nivel europeo para alojar a los refugiados que son rescatados en el Mediterráneo en los países de la Unión Europea. La declaración pide una solución política de emergencia para este verano e insta a un grupo de Estados miembros de la Unión Europea a actuar como una “coalición de la voluntad” y formular una política de migración sostenible.
L’Église protestante en Allemagne et le maire de Palerme (Italie) Leoluca Orlando ont publié une déclaration commune appelant à un mécanisme européen de répartition des réfugiés arrivés en bateau.
L’Union européenne n’a actuellement aucun mécanisme de répartition à l’échelle européenne pour prendre en charge les réfugiés sauvés en Méditerranée. La déclaration appelle à une solution politique d’urgence pour cet été, et exhorte un groupe d’États membres de l’Union européenne à constituer une «coalition d’alliés» et à développer une politique soutenable en matière de migration.
“Open a European humanitarian corridor,” urged Italian Protestant churches and the Community of Sant’Egidio in a letter to Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte.
Religionen werden oft als in sich geschlossene und miteinander konkurrierende Traditionen angesehen, aber dass Menschen sich in mehreren religiösen Traditionen zu Hause fühlen, kommt gar nicht so selten vor. Dies ist die Erkenntnis einer Publikation des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen, die auf der Konferenz der European Academy of Religion in Bologna, Italien vorgestellt wurde.
Religions are often thought of as distinct and competing traditions, but the phenomenon of people belonging to multiple religious traditions is widespread, according to a World Council of Churches (WCC) publication presented during the European Academy of Religion in Bologna, Italy.
Normalmente se piensa en las religiones como tradiciones diferenciadas que compiten entre sí, pero el fenómeno de la pertenencia a varias tradiciones religiosas está muy extendido, según una publicación del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) presentada durante la Academia Europea de Religión, en Bolonia (Italia).
On considère souvent les religions comme des traditions distinctes et en compétition les unes avec les autres, mais le phénomène de l’appartenance à de multiples traditions religieuses est très répandu, selon une publication du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) présentée durant l’Académie européenne des religions à Bologne, en Italie.
