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World Council of Churches (WCC) specialized ministries and roundtable partners are gathering on 3-4 May at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute for a “Working Together” meeting filled with a spirit of interconnected learning and preparation for the WCC 11th Assembly.

In a letter to H.H. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia on 19 April, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca urged Patriarch Kirill to “intervene and ask publicly for a ceasefire for at least few hours during the Resurrection service.”

Dans une lettre à S. S. le patriarche Cyrille de Moscou et de toute la Russie le 19 avril, le père Ioan Sauca, secrétaire général par intérim du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) a exhorté le patriarche Cyrille à «intervenir et à demander publiquement un cessez-le-feu au moins pendant quelques heures lors du service de la Résurrection.»

En réponse à une lettre de la première dame d'Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, le père Ioan Sauca, secrétaire général par intérim du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), a exprimé à la fois sa reconnaissance pour ses réflexions franches, et sa douleur face aux conséquences humanitaires du conflit qui ne cessent de s’aggraver.

Dans une lettre adressée à Vladimir Vladimirovitch Poutine, président de la Fédération de Russie, et à Volodymyr Oleksandrovytch Zelensky, président de l'Ukraine, le secrétaire général par intérim du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le père prof. Ioan Sauca, a exhorté les dirigeants à écouter les cris de leurs propres fidèles. 

In a letter to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation, and Volodymyr Oleksandrovytch Zelensky, president of Ukraine, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca urged the leaders to listen to the cries of their own faithful people.

In a response to a letter from First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed both his appreciation for her candid reflections as well as his own pain at the ongoing and increasingly grave humanitarian consequences of the conflict.

Dr Agnes Abuom, moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, shared a message with the Conference of the World Council of Religious Leaders on Faith and Diplomacy: Generations in Dialogue, being held 4-7 October in Lindau, Germany.

A high-level dialogue on urgent efforts by leading non-governmental organizations to sustain a global, multinational dialogue and cooperation amid the COVID-19 pandemic will take place on 30 August.

Le COE met à la disposition de ses Églises membres des ressources et des visages humains pendant la pandémie de COVID-19. Une équipe de huit personnes-ressources a été créée pour répondre aux questions relatives au discernement des Églises sur leur rôle pendant la pandémie de coronavirus, à la manière de s’adapter en tant que communautés d’inspiration religieuse, mais aussi d’interagir et de partager les unes avec les autres.

The Sant'Egidio community began a “Peace with no borders” conference in Madrid on 15 September, gathering religious leaders from all over the world to address each other on migration, the environment, dialogue and inclusion.

It is confirmation season in Greenland. In churches across the country, bench rows are decorated with flowers and candles along the aisle. Joy is in the air and it is time for a vast majority of 14-year-olds to have their Christian baptism confirmed.

C’est la saison des confirmations au Groenland. Dans les églises du pays, les rangs de bancs sont décorés de fleurs et de bougies le long de l’allée centrale. Il y a de la joie dans l’air et il est temps, pour une grande majorité des jeunes de 14 ans de voir leur baptême chrétien confirmé.

A “High-Level Dialogue to Assess Progress on and Intensify Commitment To Scaling Up Diagnosis and Treatment of Paediatric HIV” was convened 6-7 December at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in Vatican City.

Faith-based organizations have been at the forefront of calls to accelerate HIV testing and treatment for children and adolescents. As gaps in infection and treatment between adults and children have become more apparent, there are now more concerted efforts to “super fast-track” services for children. But will they be enough?

How faith groups and leaders can, should and are building bridges to more effectively eliminate AIDS as a public health threat is the focus of an interfaith event being held in Amsterdam, 21-22 July 2018.

Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the WCC, will participate in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos from 24-26 January, 2018. If you are interested in more information or in arranging an interview with Dr Tveit, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Governments’ foreign policies need to change to focus on issues such as global inequalities that drive conflicts in many parts of the world, the moderator of the WCC Central Committee, Agnes Abuom, said at a forum in Berlin with German foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel.