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Keynote Address by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the World Children’s Day

Keynote Address by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the World Children’s Day Celebratory Event in Ecumenical Center, Geneva, November 21, 2018

21 November 2018

Ecumenical movement

Address to the general assembly of the Federation of Protestant Churches in Italy in Rome on 16 November, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit

“For a Europe of solidarity and rights” – Addressing together Xenophobia, Racism and Nationalist Populism

Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit – WCC General Secretary

16 November 2018

What Does Mutual Accountability Mean for Christians and the Christian Life?

What Does Mutual Accountability Mean

for Christians and the Christian Life?

Olav Fykse Tveit

General Secretary, World Council of Churches

Centro Pro Unione, 15 November 2018

15 November 2018

Moderator of Central Committee

Dr Agnes Abuom: "Life in Fullness: Challenges and Prospects for Church/Mission"

"Life in Fullness: Challenges and Prospects for Church/Mission", acceptance address of Dr Agnes Abuom, moderator of the WCC Central Committee for award of Honorary Doctorate VID – Stavanger, 10-11-2018

13 November 2018

A Clarion Christian Call to Justice and Peace: Ending Global Inequality and Climate injustice

Dr. Agnes Abuom, moderator of the World Council of Churches Central Committee, offered a speech entitled “A Clarion Christian Call to Justice and Peace: Ending Global Inequality and Climate injustice” at the Justice Conference in Oslo, Norway on 9 November.

09 November 2018

Central Committee

Nigerian church members spotlight children in UN’s Universal Periodic Review after asking for WCC help

Last month, three members of Nigeria’s Christian community spoke to Government representatives in Geneva, spotlighting the challenges that children, and particularly girls, face in their society. Their meetings took place ahead of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of their country, at the United Nations this week.

08 November 2018

Statement: public statement

Statement on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, and the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize

Statement by WCC Executive Committee, November 2018

07 November 2018

Executive committee

Report

Report of the general secretary to the Executive Committee, November 2018

Report of the general secretary to the Executive Committee, November 2018.

04 November 2018

Prospects and Challenges for Ecumenism and the Ecumenical Movement

Address to the Swedish Ecumenical Weekend, Uppsala, Sweden, 4 November 2018

04 November 2018

Executive committee

Report

Moderator’s Address: Praying, Walking, Working and Remembering Together

Dr Agnes Abuom, WCC – Executive Committee, Uppsala, Sweden - 1-8 November, 2018

03 November 2018

Executive committee

Conference on Combatting Intolerance and Discrimination, with a Focus on Discrimination based on Religion or Belief

Speech by WCC president for Europe, Archbishop emeritus Dr Anders Wejryd

22 October 2018

WCC Presidents

WCC deputy general secretary reflects on Decade of the Churches in Solidarity with Women

World Council of Churches (WCC) deputy general secretary Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri reflected on the recent Global Consultation on the Decade of the Churches in Solidarity, and what the insights gathered there might mean for the ecumenical movement.

11 October 2018

Fundatia Umanitara Pacea after school project for the Roma people in Romania. Photo: Aina Johnsen Rønning/ACT/NCA

Romani people seek “lives of decency, dignity, and justice”

The Romani people, also known as the Roma, migrated from northwest India 1,500 years ago. Once they arrived in Europe, they spread across the continent from the Balkan region. Now Romani live worldwide, though principally in Europe.

27 September 2018

WCC 70th anniversary celebration in Monrovia, Liberia

Address by Rev. D. Jensen Seyenkulo, Ph.D, Bishop of the Lutheran Church in Liberia, and 1st VP of the Liberian Council of Churches.

21 September 2018

Member church

Refugees at the border in the Hungarian town of Hegyeshalom on their way to Austria and western Europe. Photo: Paul Jeffrey

Religious leaders from diverse traditions share candid thoughts on xenophobia

At a global conference on xenophobia in Rome, a panel of four religious leaders from, respectively, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu and Islamic traditions, spoke candidly about how xenophobia can sometimes be woven deeply into the fabric of these traditions.

19 September 2018

Talking Points for Felipe Camargo, UNHCR Regional Representative Southern Europe

World Conference on Xenophobia, Racism, and Populist Nationalism in the Context of Global Migration, organized by the World Council of Churches and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.

18 September 2018

Ecumenical movement

Greetings of Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit : World Conference on Xenophobia, Racism, and Populist Nationalism In the Context of Global Migration and Refugees

World Conference on Xenophobia, Racism, and Populist Nationalism
In the Context of Global Migration and Refugees
DPIHD and WCC with PCPCU
18-20 September 2018, Rome
Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, WCC General Secretary

18 September 2018