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Sermon by the WCC moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm during at the International Meeting for Peace / St. Egidio community on 12 September in Berlin, Germany.

"The Word of God: Compass for Our Time", reflection by the World Council of Churches moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm during at the International Meeting for Peace held on 10-12 September in Berlin, Germany.

University of Fribourg, Aula Magna, 23 February 2023, 5.15 pm

Delivered by WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit at “Peace With No Borders: Religions and Cultures in Dialogue”, Madrid 2019.

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, at Sant’Egidio Conference, 16 September 2019, Madrid.

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

Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit – WCC General Secretary

Speech of the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit at the Community of Sant'Egidio in Bologna, Italy

On 23 August 2018, a great ecumenical event took place in Amsterdam, the city where the World Council of Churches was founded 70 years ago. Many international ecumenical guests came to celebrate the birthday of that “privileged instrument” of the ecumenical movement. A symposium was held in the university, a great service was celebrated in the Nieuwe Kerk in the city center, and guests were welcomed by the mayor of Amsterdam and local church representatives. And many Amsterdamers came to join the festivities. Everything was livestreamed and broadcast.

Speech given by WCC president for Europe, Archbishop Emeritus Anders Wejryd, at an interreligious conference in Italy organized by the Community of Sant’ Egidio, on 18-20 September.

Speech by Rev. Dr Anders Wejryd, Archbishop emeritus of the Church of Sweden and president for Europe of the World Council of Churches, delivered at the International Conference of the Community of Sant'Egidio, 6 to 8 September, Tirana, Albania.

Church leaders and representatives from Syria, the Middle East Council of Churches, the WCC, the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and the Holy See gathered in Etchmiadzin for a consultation to address the challenges for faith communities in the ongoing crisis in Syria.

"An urgent call to action for a just peace in Syria" - statement from the WCC Ecumenical Consultation on Syria, held 15-17 January 2014, at the Ecumenical Centre to be presented at the Geneva 2 talks on Syria.

Delivered by Leonardo Emberti Gialloreti during the Peace Plenary at the WCC 10th Assembly.

WCC General Secretary's contribution to a panel discussion "Experts in Humanity: The social and political challenge to believers" at the International Meeting for Peace, St Egidio,
Sarajevo, 10 September 2012

WCC General Secretary's contribution to a panel discussion
"Love of the Poor: The Path to Ecumenism"
St Egidio - International Meeting for Peace
Sarajevo, 10 September 2012

Meditation by WCC general secretary by Sant’Egidio Prayers for Peace – Sarajevo September 11, 2012