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‘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.”

Respect for the other lies at the heart of peace education and was a key thread through a debate entitled “Education for Peace in a multi-religious world”. It was held on the 2018 World Human Rights Day at the United Nations Office in Geneva.

WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit joined other speakers at a side event of the 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council on 7 March. The speakers, which also included Metropolitan Hilarion, chairman of the Department of External Church Relations for the Russian Orthodox Church, addressed the topic of “Mutual Respect and Peaceful Coexistence as a Condition of Interreligious Peace and Stability: Supporting Christians and Other Communities.”

Every morning a cheerful and articulate man arrives at his office in East Jerusalem with at least a grain of hope. Dr Bernard Sabella has devoted his entire life to the rights of the Palestinian people. In his job as the executive director of Department of Services to Palestinian Refugees, he encounters issues concerning the Palestinian-Israeli relationship daily.

Cada mañana un hombre alegre y elocuente llega a su oficina de Jerusalén Oriental con, al menos, un atisbo de esperanza. Se trata del Dr. Bernard Sabella, que ha dedicado toda su vida a los derechos del pueblo palestino. En su trabajo como director ejecutivo del Departamento de Servicios a los Refugiados Palestinos (DSRP), se encuentra a diario con cuestiones que tienen que ver con la relación entre palestinos e israelíes. Al mismo tiempo, Sabella solo quiere ser un ciudadano corriente en el país donde él y su familia tienen sus raíces, sin que se le asocie constantemente con el conflicto palestino-israelí, que a veces siente que no hace justicia a su identidad como palestino.

Today 35 bishops and church leaders from 20 countries gathered in Munich, Germany to discuss the refugee situation and the role of the churches in Europe.

The “pilgrimage is both a way to continue working for the one ecumenical movement and a way to move forward in our times that offer new dimensions, opportunities and practices,” said the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit.

"La peregrinación es a la vez una forma de seguir trabajando por el movimiento ecuménico y una manera de avanzar en un tiempo que ofrece nuevas dimensiones, oportunidades y prácticas", dijo el secretario general del CMI, pastor Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit.

Inspired by the theme “pilgrimage of justice and peace”, the Central Committee of the WCC, a chief governing body of the Council, has set directions for the work of the Council from 2014 to 2017.