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The former head of the World Council of Churches (WCC) office for Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation, Canon Dr Clare Amos, offered the David Goodbourn lecture on Religion and Violence on 1 May for Churches Together in Britain and Ireland.

‘History’ and ‘Time’ were the thirteenth and fourteenth subjects covered in a workshop which took place in Erlangen, Germany, 12-14 December as part of a project “Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses.”

The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) of the Vatican and the Office of Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation of the WCC met in Geneva from 16-18 April. Staff from the two offices united in prayer, fellowship and joint work on a document titled “Education for Peace in a Multi-Religious World”.

Le Conseil pontifical pour le dialogue interreligieux et le Bureau de la coopération et du dialogue interreligieux du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) se sont réunis à Genève du 16 au 18 avril pour leur rencontre annuelle. Le personnel des deux instances s’est uni dans la prière et la communion pour travailler sur un document intitulé «Éducation à la paix dans un monde multireligieux».

A 50-year-old religious text can shape interreligious relationships crucial for peace-building today, found participants in a workshop organized by the WCC and attended by guests from the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) on 28 October.

On a sunny, hot afternoon on the grounds of the 18th-century Château de Bossey, 17 young people from across the world gathered for their graduation ceremony in the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Interreligious Studies from the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey.

The leadership and representatives of the World Evangelical Alliance and the WCC met in the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, Switzerland to explore and discuss possible areas of future cooperation.

Les responsables et représentants de l’Alliance évangélique mondiale (AEM) et du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) se sont rencontrés à l’Institut œcuménique de Bossey, en Suisse, pour étudier les champs de coopération possibles à l’avenir et pour en discuter.

To promote open discussions on the theological and practical discourse, narrative and experiences on implications for the work of the multi-religious organizations on religion, violence and extremism, the WCC, along with the General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church and the General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists held a Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-Based Organizations in International Affairs.

At the start of a new year of work at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, respected German theologian Jürgen Moltmann led a day-long series of presentations and discussions as a guest of the WCC on Wednesday, 13 January. He also responded to comments and questions on his new book, The Living God and the Fullness of Life (WCC Publications, 2016).

Le mercredi 13 janvier 2016, au début d’une nouvelle année de travail, l’éminent théologien allemand Jürgen Moltmann a animé au Centre œcuménique de Genève une journée de présentations et de discussions, à l’invitation du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE). Il a également répondu à des commentaires et à des questions au sujet de son nouvel ouvrage The Living God and the Fullness of Life (Le Dieu vivant et la plénitude de la vie) (Publications du COE, 2016).

A WCC delegation visited Ireland from 28 November to 1 December to explore how the international ecumenical community may best support churches in the global fellowship and work together on the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace.

Du 28 novembre au 1er décembre, une délégation du COE a visité l’Irlande afin d’explorer des façons pour la communauté œcuménique internationale de mieux soutenir la communauté fraternelle d’Églises et de travailler avec elle dans le cadre du pèlerinage de justice et de paix.

A delegation from the WCC went to the Inter Faith Centre at the Dublin City University in the Republic of Ireland as part of the four-day member church visit to Ireland from 28 November to 1 December.

Une délégation du COE a visité le Centre interreligieux de l’Université Dublin City en République d’Irlande, du 28 novembre au 1er décembre, dans le cadre d’une visite de quatre jours aux Églises membres d’Irlande.

The perplexing yet perennial association of religion and violence was probed this week in an event co-hosted by the WCC, the Journalists and Writers Foundation and the Zurich-based Dialog-Institut.

Dialogue with Judaism challenges Christians to think more deeply about their own identity and faith, according to panelists at a forum during the German Protestant Kirchentag, a church convention that brought almost 100,000 people to the city of Stuttgart.

Le dialogue avec le judaïsme incite les chrétiens à mener une réflexion plus approfondie sur leur propre identité et leur propre religion, selon des experts réunis lors d’un débat organisé pendant le Kirchentag, convention des Églises protestantes allemandes, qui a rassemblé près de 100 000 personnes à Stuttgart, dans le sud du pays.

The newly published issue of Current Dialogue is now available online. Along with key documents from the WCC 10th Assembly, the issue includes several strong pieces addressing some thorny issues in contemporary inter-religious encounter and dialogue, including the recent Malaysian prohibition of Christian use of the name Allah for God, the relationship of ecumenism and inter-religious dialogue, the particular difficulties in dialogue among the Abrahamic traditions, and the limits of dialogue itself.

Gathering a diverse representation from migrant communities in Geneva, affirming expressions of solidarity and promoting social justice for “people on the move”, a public event marked Jeûne genevois (Geneva’s traditional Thursday observation of fasting and prayer). The annual civic holiday was celebrated on 11 September at the Ecumenical Centre, Geneva, Switzerland.