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The need for churches to be vigilant about nuclear proliferation has been stressed by the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee in a statement adopted at its 27 February - 2 March meeting in Bossey, near Geneva.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee has expressed appreciation for the establishment of the UN Peacebuilding Commission, and urged WCC member churches to encourage and support its efforts.

The Ecumenical Institute at Bossey has announced plans for a strengthened teaching faculty that will reinforce its position as a leading world centre for ecumenical formation and research.

By Anto Akkara (*)

"Make me a channel of your peace" was the theme for a celebration of common commitment to overcome violence at a gathering of Orthodox, Catholic, Anglican and Protestant church representatives on 17 February in Wittenberg, Germany.

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"The capacity of the ecumenical movement to respond to the challenges of today's world depends to a large extent on more creative and future-oriented forms of co-operation and networking," said World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia today. Kobia was speaking at the first assembly of ACT Development, a new alliance of churches and related organizations working on development.

By Juan Michel (*)

Raising awareness about mental health among faith communities, sharing information on what they are doing in this area (best practice), and providing an ecumenical and inter-religious platform for learning on mental health in different regions will be the focus of WCC work on "mental health and faith communities" over the next few years.Â

"It is together that we find our place in the world," the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary writes WCC member churches and ecumenical partners in a message about priorities for the years ahead.

"Do not be afraid; for see - I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people..." (Luke 2.10)

Rev. Dr Walter Altmann, moderator of the central committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC), on 15 December called the Church of Constantinople a "truly ecumenical church" whose ecumenism has been "tangibly manifested in her many historical initiatives".

The German Protestant aid agency Brot für die Welt has handed a steering wheel, symbol of its water campaign, over to the WCC, thus symbolically handing responsibility for this concern and a newly formed Ecumenical Water Network.

In a symbolic act of closure of the year that began with the first WCC assembly in Latin America, World Council of Churches central committee moderator Rev. Dr Walter Altmann visited an interactive exhibition on domestic violence in downtown Porto Alegre/Brazil.

Reacting to news of a military coup in Fiji, World Council of Churches (WCC) head Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia has addressed WCC member churches there, saying that the coup is "in total disregard of democratic norms," violates the country's constitution and is "tantamount to suversion of the rule of law".

In a statement released today, the World Council of Churches (WCC) has welcomed the affirmation that, after 2010, the "LWF and WARC would no longer hold global assemblies of their own, given a satisfactory development in this area". The affirmation was made by a joint meeting of the officers of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) with the executive committee of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF).